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Basque vs Ukrainian


Ukrainian vs Basque


Countries

Countries
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre  
Ukraine  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
France, Spain  
Ukraine  

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  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia  

Regulated By
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee  
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language  

Interesting Facts
  • The Basque language is the oldest European language.
  • Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  
  • Ukrainian Language is second most widespread among the Slavic languages after the Russian Language.
  • Ukrainian Language is among the top three most melodious language in the world.
  

Similar To
Spanish  
Russian and Belarusian Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
6  
3

How Many Consonants
21  
11
22  
12

Scripts
Latin  
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
19
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Kaixo  
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)  

Thank You
Eskerrik asko  
Дякую (Dyakuyu)  

How Are You?
Zer moduz?  
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)  

Good Night
Gabon  
На добраніч (Na dobranič)  

Good Evening
Arratsalde on  
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)  

Good Afternoon
Arratsalde on  
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)  

Good Morning
Egun on  
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)  

Please
Mesedez  
будь ласк  

Sorry
Barkatu  
вибачте (vybachte)  

Bye
Agur  
до побачення (do pobachennya)  

I Love You
Maite zaitut  
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)  

Excuse Me
Barkatu  
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Navarro-Lapurdian  
Podillian  

Where They Speak
France  
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia  

How Many People Speak
68,000.00  
99+
42,000,000.00  
17

Dialect 2
Souletin  
Volynian  

Where They Speak
France, Soule, Spain  
Rivne, Volyn  

How Many People Speak
8,700.00  
99+
44,000,000.00  
15

Dialect 3
Biscayan  
Steppe  

Where They Speak
Spain  
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine  

How Many People Speak
750,000.00  
99+
42,000,000.00  
14

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
15  
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.20 million  
99+
39.00 million  
32

Speaking Population
0.12 %  
99+
0.46 %  
32

Native Speakers
7.20 million  
99+
39.00 million  
25

Second Language Speakers
0.70 million  
99+
30.00 million  
26

Native Name
Euskara  
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)  

Alternative Names
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense  
Ukrayins'ka Mova  

French Name
basque  
ukrainien  

German Name
Baskisch  
Ukrainisch  

Pronunciation
[bɑːsk]  
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]  

Ethnicity
Basque people  
Ukrainians  

History

Origin
c. 1000  
1561  

Language Family
Vasconic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Slavic  

Branch
-  
Eastern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian  
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian  

Standard Forms
Basque  
Modern Ukrainian  

Language Position
30  
28
26  
24

Signed Forms
Basque Sign Language  
Ukrainian Sign Language  

Scope
-  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
eu  
uk  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
eus  
ukr  

ISO 639 2/B
baq  
ukr  

ISO 639 3
eus  
ukr  

ISO 639 6
eus  
ukr  

Glottocode
basq1248  
ukra1253  

Linguasphere
40-AAA-a  
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
-  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Basque and Ukrainian Language History

Comparison of Basque vs Ukrainian language history gives us differences between origin of Basque and Ukrainian language. History of Basque language states that this language originated in c. 1000 whereas history of Ukrainian language states that this language originated in 1561. 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 Ukrainian Language History.

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

Basque vs Ukrainian Difficulty

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

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