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Serbian vs Basque


Basque vs Serbian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia  
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
2  
13

National Language
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia  
France, Spain  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language  
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee  

Interesting Facts
  • Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
  • Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.
  
  • The Basque language is the oldest European language.
  • Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  

Similar To
Bosnian and Croatian Languages  
Spanish  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
25  
15
21  
11

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
88 weeks  
19

Greetings

Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)  
Kaixo  

Thank You
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)  
Eskerrik asko  

How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)  
Zer moduz?  

Good Night
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)  
Gabon  

Good Evening
Добро вече (Dobro veče)  
Arratsalde on  

Good Afternoon
Добар дан (Dobar dan)  
Arratsalde on  

Good Morning
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)  
Egun on  

Please
Молим (Molim)  
Mesedez  

Sorry
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)  
Barkatu  

Bye
Довиђења (Doviđenja)  
Agur  

I Love You
Волим те (Volim te)  
Maite zaitut  

Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)  
Barkatu  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok  
Navarro-Lapurdian  

Where They Speak
Southeastern Serbia  
France  

How Many People Speak
12,000,000.00  
35
68,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Smederevo–Vršac  
Souletin  

Where They Speak
Serbia  
France, Soule, Spain  

How Many People Speak
12,000,000.00  
34
8,700.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Torlakian  
Biscayan  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  
Spain  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
750,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
8.70 million  
99+
7.20 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.12 %  
99+

Native Speakers
8.70 million  
99+
7.20 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
12.00 million  
38
0.70 million  
99+

Native Name
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)  
Euskara  

Alternative Names
Montenegrin  
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense  

French Name
serbe  
basque  

German Name
Serbisch  
Baskisch  

Pronunciation
[sr̩̂pskiː]  
[bɑːsk]  

Ethnicity
Serbs  
Basque people  

History

Origin
11th Century  
c. 1000  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Vasconic Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian  

Standard Forms
Standard Serbian  
Basque  

Language Position
44  
99+
30  
28

Signed Forms
Srpski Znakovni Jezik (SZJ)  
Basque Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
-  

Code

ISO 639 1
sr  
eu  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
srp  
eus  

ISO 639 2/B
srp  
baq  

ISO 639 3
srp  
eus  

ISO 639 6
srp  
eus  

Glottocode
serb1264  
basq1248  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-g  
40-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
-  

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

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Agglutinative  

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Serbian and Basque Language History

Comparison of Serbian vs Basque language history gives us differences between origin of Serbian and Basque language. History of Serbian language states that this language originated in 11th Century 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 Serbian and Basque Language History.

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

Serbian vs Basque Difficulty

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

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