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Romanian vs Basque


Basque vs Romanian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine   
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre   

Total No. Of Countries
6   
9
2   
13

National Language
Moldova, Romania   
France, Spain   

Second Language
Kazakhstan, Russia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li   
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee   

Interesting Facts
  • Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
  • The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
  
  • The Basque language is the oldest European language.
  • Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  

Similar To
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.   
Spanish   

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31   
13
27   
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
5   
2

How Many Consonants
20   
10
21   
11

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
alo   
Kaixo   

Thank You
multumesc   
Eskerrik asko   

How Are You?
ce mai faci?   
Zer moduz?   

Good Night
noapte Buna   
Gabon   

Good Evening
buna Seara   
Arratsalde on   

Good Afternoon
buna Ziua   
Arratsalde on   

Good Morning
bună Dimineața   
Egun on   

Please
Vă Rog   
Mesedez   

Sorry
scuze   
Barkatu   

Bye
La revedere   
Agur   

I Love You
Te iubesc   
Maite zaitut   

Excuse Me
Scuza-Ma   
Barkatu   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Aromanian   
Navarro-Lapurdian   

Where They Speak
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey   
France   

How Many People Speak
250,000.00   
38
68,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Megleno-Romanian   
Souletin   

Where They Speak
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey   
France, Soule, Spain   

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

Dialect 3
Istro-Romanian   
Biscayan   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
Spain   

How Many People Speak
1,400.00   
37
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
10   
10
6   
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million   
38
7.20 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.37 %   
35
Not Available   

Native Speakers
24.00 million   
33
7.20 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
4.00 million   
30
Not Available   

Native Name
Română   
Not available   

Alternative Names
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian   
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense   

French Name
roumain; moldave   
basque   

German Name
Rumänisch   
Baskisch   

Pronunciation
[roˈmɨnə]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Romanians   
Basque people   

History

Origin
1521   
c. 1000   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Vasconic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Romanian   
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian   

Standard Forms
Romanian   
Basque   

Language Position
36   
28
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Romanian Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Not Available   

Code

ISO 639 1
ro   
eu   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ron   
eus   

ISO 639 2/B
rum   
baq   

ISO 639 3
ron   
eus   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
roma1327   
basq1248   

Linguasphere
51-AAD-c   
40-AAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Not Available   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Agglutinative   

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Romanian and Basque Language History

Comparison of Romanian vs Basque language history gives us differences between origin of Romanian and Basque language. History of Romanian language states that this language originated in 1521 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 Romanian and Basque Language History.

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

Romanian vs Basque Difficulty

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

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