Countries
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
Total No. Of Countries
25
0
46
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National Language
France, Spain
North Korea, South Korea
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
Regulated By
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee
The National Institute of the Korean Language
Interesting Facts
- The Basque language is the oldest European language.
- Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
- Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
- Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
Similar To
Spanish
Chinese and Japanese languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2740
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
521
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2119
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Hangul
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks88 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Kaixo
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
Thank You
Eskerrik asko
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
How Are You?
Zer moduz?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
Good Night
Gabon
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
Good Evening
Arratsalde on
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
Good Afternoon
Arratsalde on
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
Good Morning
Egun on
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
Please
Mesedez
하십시오 (hasibsio)
Sorry
Barkatu
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
Bye
Agur
안녕 (annyeong)
I Love You
Maite zaitut
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
Excuse Me
Barkatu
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Dialect 1
Navarro-Lapurdian
Jeju
Where They Speak
France
South Korea
How Many People Speak
68,000.0010,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Souletin
Gyeongsang
Where They Speak
France, Soule, Spain
South Korea
How Many People Speak
8,700.0010,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Biscayan
Hamgyŏng
Where They Speak
Spain
China, North Korea
How Many People Speak
750,000.0077,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
612
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
7.20 million77.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.12 %1.14 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.20 million77.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
0.70 million77.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Euskara
한국어 (조선말)
Alternative Names
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
French Name
basque
coréen
German Name
Baskisch
Koreanisch
Pronunciation
[bɑːsk]
[hangukmal]
Ethnicity
Basque people
Koreans
Origin
c. 1000
Before 1st century
Language Family
Vasconic Family
Koreanic Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
Standard Forms
Basque
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Language Position
3012
1
120
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Signed Forms
Basque Sign Language
Korean Sign Language
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
eu
ko
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
eus
kor
ISO 639 2/B
baq
kor
ISO 639 3
eus
Kor
ISO 639 6
eus
kor
Glottocode
basq1248
kore1280
Linguasphere
40-AAA-a
45-AAA
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Agglutinative