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Basque vs Malaysian


Malaysian vs Basque


Countries

Countries
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre  
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
3  
12

National Language
France, Spain  
Malaysia  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Indonesia  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Thailand  

Regulated By
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee  
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka  

Interesting Facts
  • The Basque language is the oldest European language.
  • Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  
  • One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
  • Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
  

Similar To
Spanish  
Indonesian Language  

Derived From
-  
Tamil Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
6  
3

How Many Consonants
21  
11
24  
14

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
19
36 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Kaixo  
Hai  

Thank You
Eskerrik asko  
terima kasih  

How Are You?
Zer moduz?  
Apa khabar?  

Good Night
Gabon  
Selamat Malam  

Good Evening
Arratsalde on  
Selamat Petang  

Good Afternoon
Arratsalde on  
Selamat tengah hari  

Good Morning
Egun on  
Selamat pagi  

Please
Mesedez  
sila  

Sorry
Barkatu  
maaf  

Bye
Agur  
Selamat tinggal  

I Love You
Maite zaitut  
Saya sayang kamu  

Excuse Me
Barkatu  
Maafkan saya  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Navarro-Lapurdian  
Bengkulu  

Where They Speak
France  
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra  

How Many People Speak
68,000.00  
99+
1,600,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Souletin  
Pekal  

Where They Speak
France, Soule, Spain  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
8,700.00  
99+
30,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Biscayan  
Musi  

Where They Speak
Spain  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
750,000.00  
99+
3,100,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
24  
20

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.20 million  
99+
175.00 million  
10

Speaking Population
0.12 %  
99+
1.16 %  
15

Native Speakers
7.20 million  
99+
77.00 million  
12

Second Language Speakers
0.70 million  
99+
98.00 million  
8

Native Name
Euskara  
Bahasa melayu  

Alternative Names
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense  
Bahasa Malaysia  

French Name
basque  
malais  

German Name
Baskisch  
Malaiisch  

Pronunciation
[bɑːsk]  
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]  

Ethnicity
Basque people  
Malaysian people  

History

Origin
c. 1000  
c. 683 AD  

Language Family
Vasconic Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian  
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,  

Standard Forms
Basque  
Pluricentric Standard Malay  

Language Position
30  
28
54  
99+

Signed Forms
Basque Sign Language  
Malaysian Sign Language  

Scope
-  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
eu  
ms  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
eus  
msa  

ISO 639 2/B
baq  
may  

ISO 639 3
eus  
zsm  

ISO 639 6
eus  
may  

Glottocode
basq1248  
stan1306  

Linguasphere
40-AAA-a  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
-  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Agglutinative  

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Basque and Malaysian Language History

Comparison of Basque vs Malaysian language history gives us differences between origin of Basque and Malaysian language. History of Basque language states that this language originated in c. 1000 whereas history of Malaysian language states that this language originated in c. 683 AD. 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 Malaysian Language History.

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

Basque vs Malaysian Difficulty

The Basque vs Malaysian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Basque Alphabets and Malaysian 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 Malaysian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Basque and Malaysian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Basque is 88 weeks while to learn Malaysian time required is 36 weeks.

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