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Chinese vs Basque


Basque vs Chinese


Countries

Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan   
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre   

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
2   
13

National Language
China, Taiwan   
France, Spain   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council   
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee   

Interesting Facts
  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  
  • The Basque language is the oldest European language.
  • Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Spanish   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
27   
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
24   
19
5   
2

How Many Consonants
23   
13
21   
11

Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)   
Kaixo   

Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)   
Eskerrik asko   

How Are You?
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)   
Zer moduz?   

Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)   
Gabon   

Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)   
Arratsalde on   

Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)   
Arratsalde on   

Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)   
Egun on   

Please
请 (Qǐng)   
Mesedez   

Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)   
Barkatu   

Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)   
Agur   

I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)   
Maite zaitut   

Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)   
Barkatu   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mandarin   
Navarro-Lapurdian   

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan   
France   

How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00   
1
68,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Wu   
Souletin   

Where They Speak
China, United States of America   
France, Soule, Spain   

How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00   
1
8,700.00   
99+

Dialect 3
Yue   
Biscayan   

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam   
Spain   

How Many People Speak
60,000,000.00   
2
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
10   
10
6   
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million   
2
7.20 million   
99+

Speaking Population
16.00 %   
2
Not Available   

Native Speakers
873.00 million   
1
7.20 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
178.00 million   
3
Not Available   

Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)   
Not available   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense   

French Name
chinois   
basque   

German Name
Chinesisch   
Baskisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Han   
Basque people   

History

Origin
1250 BC   
c. 1000   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Vasconic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian   

Standard Forms
Standard Chinese   
Basque   

Language Position
1   
1
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Not Available   

Code

ISO 639 1
zh   
eu   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zho   
eus   

ISO 639 2/B
chi   
baq   

ISO 639 3
zho   
eus   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sini1245   
basq1248   

Linguasphere
79-AAA   
40-AAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Not Available   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Agglutinative   

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Chinese and Basque Language History

Comparison of Chinese vs Basque language history gives us differences between origin of Chinese and Basque language. History of Chinese language states that this language originated in 1250 BC whereas history of Basque language states that this language originated in c. 1000. 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 Chinese and Basque Language History.

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

Chinese vs Basque Difficulty

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

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