Countries
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
  
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre
  
National Language
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
  
France, Spain
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council
  
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee
  
Interesting Facts
- Arabic is 5th common language in world.
- Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  
- The Basque language is the oldest European language.
- Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  
Similar To
Amharic and Hebrew
  
Spanish
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
مرحبا
  
Kaixo
  
Thank You
شكرا
  
Eskerrik asko
  
How Are You?
كيف حالك؟
  
Zer moduz?
  
Good Night
تصبح على خير
  
Gabon
  
Good Evening
مساء الخير
  
Arratsalde on
  
Good Afternoon
مساء الخير
  
Arratsalde on
  
Good Morning
صباح الخير
  
Egun on
  
Please
من فضلك
  
Mesedez
  
Sorry
آسف
  
Barkatu
  
Bye
وداعا
  
Agur
  
I Love You
أحبك
  
Maite zaitut
  
Excuse Me
اعذرني
  
Barkatu
  
Dialect 1
Maghrebi
  
Navarro-Lapurdian
  
Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
  
France
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Sudanese
  
Souletin
  
Where They Speak
Sudan
  
France, Soule, Spain
  
How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00
  
6
Dialect 3
Levantine
  
Biscayan
  
Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant
  
Spain
  
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00
  
3
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
452.00 million
  
4
7.20 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
206.00 million
  
6
7.20 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
246.00 million
  
2
Not Available
  
Native Name
(al arabiya) العربية
  
Not available
  
Alternative Names
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic
  
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense
  
French Name
arabe
  
basque
  
German Name
Arabisch
  
Baskisch
  
Pronunciation
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Arabs
  
Basque people
  
Origin
512 CE
  
c. 1000
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
  
Vasconic Family
  
Subgroup
Semitic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
North Arabic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian
  
Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic
  
Basque
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Arabic
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
ar
  
eu
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ara
  
eus
  
ISO 639 2/B
ara
  
baq
  
ISO 639 3
ara
  
eus
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
arab1395
  
basq1248
  
Linguasphere
12-AAC
  
40-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Agglutinative
  
Arabic 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 Arabic and Basque greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Arabic and Basque language. Arabic word for "Hello" is مرحبا or Basque word for "Thank You" is Eskerrik asko. Find more of such common Arabic Greetings and Basque Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Arabic vs Basque Difficulty
The Arabic vs Basque difficulty level basically depends on the number of Arabic 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 Arabic and Basque are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Arabic and Basque, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Arabic is 88 weeks while to learn Basque time required is 88 weeks.