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Basque vs Estonian


Estonian vs Basque


Countries

Countries
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre  
Estonia, European Union  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
France, Spain  
Estonia, Gambia  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Denmark, Russia, Sweden  

Regulated By
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee  
Institute of the Estonian Language  

Interesting Facts
  • The Basque language is the oldest European language.
  • Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  
  • Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
  • Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
  

Similar To
Spanish  
Finnish  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Basque-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Estonian-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
27  
9
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
9  
6

How Many Consonants
21  
11
18  
8

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
19
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Kaixo  
Tere  

Thank You
Eskerrik asko  
aitäh  

How Are You?
Zer moduz?  
kuidas sul läheb  

Good Night
Gabon  
Head ööd  

Good Evening
Arratsalde on  
Tere õhtust  

Good Afternoon
Arratsalde on  
Tere päevast  

Good Morning
Egun on  
Tere hommikust  

Please
Mesedez  
Palun  

Sorry
Barkatu  
Vabandust  

Bye
Agur  
Head aega  

I Love You
Maite zaitut  
ma armastan sind  

Excuse Me
Barkatu  
Vabandage  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Navarro-Lapurdian  
Keskmurre  

Where They Speak
France  
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia  

How Many People Speak
68,000.00  
99+
1,300,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Souletin  
Tartu  

Where They Speak
France, Soule, Spain  
Georgia, South Estonia  

How Many People Speak
8,700.00  
99+
1,300,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Biscayan  
Idamurre  

Where They Speak
Spain  
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.  

How Many People Speak
750,000.00  
99+
1,300,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
8  
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.20 million  
99+
1.10 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.12 %  
99+
0.03 %  
99+

Native Speakers
7.20 million  
99+
0.95 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
0.70 million  
99+
1.10 million  
99+

Native Name
Euskara  
eesti keel  

Alternative Names
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense  
Eesti keel  

French Name
basque  
estonien  

German Name
Baskisch  
Estnisch  

Pronunciation
[bɑːsk]  
[eˈstˑoˑniˑa]  

Ethnicity
Basque people  
Estonians  

History

Origin
c. 1000  
13th century  

Language Family
Vasconic Family  
Uralic Family  

Subgroup
-  
Finno-Ugric  

Branch
-  
Finnic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Basque  
Estonian  

Language Position
30  
28
22  
20

Signed Forms
Basque Sign Language  
Estonian Sign Language  

Scope
-  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
eu  
et  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
eus  
est  

ISO 639 2/B
baq  
est  

ISO 639 3
eus  
est  

ISO 639 6
eus  
est  

Glottocode
basq1248  
esto1258  

Linguasphere
40-AAA-a  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
-  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Agglutinative  

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Basque and Estonian Language History

Comparison of Basque vs Estonian language history gives us differences between origin of Basque and Estonian language. History of Basque language states that this language originated in c. 1000 whereas history of Estonian language states that this language originated in 13th century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Basque and Estonian Language History.

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Basque and Estonian 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 Basque and Estonian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Basque and Estonian language. Basque word for "Hello" is Kaixo or Estonian word for "Thank You" is aitäh. Find more of such common Basque Greetings and Estonian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Basque vs Estonian Difficulty

The Basque vs Estonian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Basque Alphabets and Estonian 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 Basque and Estonian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Basque and Estonian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Basque is 88 weeks while to learn Estonian time required is 44 weeks.

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