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Basque vs Konkani


Konkani vs Basque


Countries

Countries
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
France, Spain  
India  

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  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee  
Govenment of Goa  

Interesting Facts
  • The Basque language is the oldest European language.
  • Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  
  • Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
  • Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  

Similar To
Spanish  
Marathi  

Derived From
-  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
16  
13

How Many Consonants
21  
11
36  
26

Scripts
Latin  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
19
4 weeks  
2

Greetings

Hello
Kaixo  
Namaskar  

Thank You
Eskerrik asko  
Dev Borem Korum  

How Are You?
Zer moduz?  
kaso assa?  

Good Night
Gabon  
Rati Boren Zavonn  

Good Evening
Arratsalde on  
Sanj Borem Zavonn  

Good Afternoon
Arratsalde on  
संध्याकाळ शुभेच्छा  

Good Morning
Egun on  
Dis Borem Zavonn  

Please
Mesedez  
Chike  

Sorry
Barkatu  
Maf kor  

Bye
Agur  
Adeus  

I Love You
Maite zaitut  
hav tujo mog korta.  

Excuse Me
Barkatu  
upkar korxi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Navarro-Lapurdian  
Antruz  

Where They Speak
France  
Goa  

How Many People Speak
68,000.00  
99+
2,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Souletin  
Not present  

Where They Speak
France, Soule, Spain  
-  

How Many People Speak
8,700.00  
99+
2,700,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Biscayan  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Spain  
-  

How Many People Speak
750,000.00  
99+
7.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
1  
1

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.12 %  
99+
0.11 %  
99+

Native Speakers
7.20 million  
99+
7.40 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
0.70 million  
99+
8.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Euskara  
Kōṅkaṇī  

Alternative Names
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense  
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese  

French Name
basque  
konkani  

German Name
Baskisch  
Konkani  

Pronunciation
[bɑːsk]  
kõkɳi  

Ethnicity
Basque people  
Konkanis  

History

Origin
c. 1000  
1209 A.D.  

Language Family
Vasconic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Basque  
Kokani  

Language Position
30  
28
23  
21

Signed Forms
Basque Sign Language  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
-  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
eu  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
eus  
kok  

ISO 639 2/B
baq  
kok  

ISO 639 3
eus  
kok  

ISO 639 6
eus  
kok  

Glottocode
basq1248  
goan1235  

Linguasphere
40-AAA-a  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
-  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
-  

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Basque and Konkani Language History

Comparison of Basque vs Konkani language history gives us differences between origin of Basque and Konkani language. History of Basque language states that this language originated in c. 1000 whereas history of Konkani language states that this language originated in 1209 A.D.. 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 Konkani Language History.

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

Basque vs Konkani Difficulty

The Basque vs Konkani difficulty level basically depends on the number of Basque Alphabets and Konkani 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 Konkani are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Basque and Konkani, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Basque is 88 weeks while to learn Konkani time required is 4 weeks.

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