Countries
Armenian Highland
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre
National Language
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
France, Spain
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee
Interesting Facts
- The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
- The Basque language is the oldest European language.
- Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Armenian manuscript
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hello
Բարեւ (Barev)
Kaixo
Thank You
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
Eskerrik asko
How Are You?
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
Zer moduz?
Good Night
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
Gabon
Good Evening
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
Arratsalde on
Good Afternoon
Բարի օր (Bari or)
Arratsalde on
Good Morning
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
Egun on
Please
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
Mesedez
Sorry
կներեք (knerek’)
Barkatu
I Love You
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
Maite zaitut
Excuse Me
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
Barkatu
Dialect 1
Eastern Armenian
Navarro-Lapurdian
Where They Speak
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
France
Dialect 2
Western Armenian
Souletin
Where They Speak
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
France, Soule, Spain
Dialect 3
Eastern Armenian
Biscayan
Native Name
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
Euskara
Alternative Names
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense
French Name
arménien
basque
German Name
Armenisch
Baskisch
Pronunciation
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
[bɑːsk]
Ethnicity
Armenians
Basque people
Origin
late 5th century
c. 1000
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Vasconic Family
Early Forms
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian
Standard Forms
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
Basque
Signed Forms
Signed Armenian
Basque Sign Language
Glottocode
arme1241
basq1248
Linguasphere
57-AAA-a
40-AAA-a
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Agglutinative
Armenian and Basque Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Armenian and Basque greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Armenian and Basque language. Armenian word for "Hello" is Բարեւ (Barev) or Basque word for "Thank You" is Eskerrik asko. Find more of such common Armenian Greetings and Basque Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Armenian vs Basque Difficulty
The Armenian vs Basque difficulty level basically depends on the number of Armenian Alphabets and Basque Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Armenian and Basque are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Armenian and Basque, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Armenian is 44 weeks while to learn Basque time required is 88 weeks.