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Italian vs Basque


Basque vs Italian


Countries

Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City  
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre  

Total No. Of Countries
7  
8
2  
13

National Language
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City  
France, Spain  

Second Language
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)  
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
  • Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  
  • The Basque language is the oldest European language.
  • Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  

Similar To
French and Portuguese Languages  
Spanish  

Derived From
Latin  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21  
3
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
16  
6
21  
11

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
88 weeks  
19

Greetings

Hello
ciao  
Kaixo  

Thank You
grazie  
Eskerrik asko  

How Are You?
Come stai?  
Zer moduz?  

Good Night
buonanotte  
Gabon  

Good Evening
buonasera  
Arratsalde on  

Good Afternoon
buon pomeriggio  
Arratsalde on  

Good Morning
buongiorno  
Egun on  

Please
Per Favore  
Mesedez  

Sorry
scusate  
Barkatu  

Bye
arrivederci  
Agur  

I Love You
Ti amo  
Maite zaitut  

Excuse Me
Scusami  
Barkatu  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Romanesco  
Navarro-Lapurdian  

Where They Speak
Lazio  
France  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
68,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Central Italian  
Souletin  

Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria  
France, Soule, Spain  

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
99+
8,700.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Tuscan  
Biscayan  

Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria  
Spain  

How Many People Speak
69,000,000.00  
11
750,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
15  
14
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
78.00 million  
21
7.20 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.90 %  
23
0.12 %  
99+

Native Speakers
64.00 million  
18
7.20 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
14.00 million  
36
0.70 million  
99+

Native Name
Italiano  
Euskara  

Alternative Names
Italiano  
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense  

French Name
italien  
basque  

German Name
Italienisch  
Baskisch  

Pronunciation
[itaˈljaːno]  
[bɑːsk]  

Ethnicity
Italians  
Basque people  

History

Origin
960 BC  
c. 1000  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Vasconic Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian  

Standard Forms
Italian  
Basque  

Language Position
27  
25
30  
28

Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"  
Basque Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
-  

Code

ISO 639 1
it  
eu  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ita  
eus  

ISO 639 2/B
ita  
baq  

ISO 639 3
ita  
eus  

ISO 639 6
itas  
eus  

Glottocode
ital1282  
basq1248  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-q  
40-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
-  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Agglutinative  

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Italian and Basque Language History

Comparison of Italian vs Basque language history gives us differences between origin of Italian and Basque language. History of Italian language states that this language originated in 960 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 Italian and Basque Language History.

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

Italian vs Basque Difficulty

The Italian vs Basque difficulty level basically depends on the number of Italian 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 Italian and Basque are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Italian and Basque, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Italian is 24 weeks while to learn Basque time required is 88 weeks.

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