Countries
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre
  
South Africa
  
National Language
France, Spain
  
South Africa
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Namibia, South Africa
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  
Regulated By
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee
  
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
  
Interesting Facts
- The Basque language is the oldest European language.
- Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
  
Similar To
Spanish
  
Dutch Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Dutch Language
  
Alphabets in
Basque-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Kaixo
  
hallo
  
Thank You
Eskerrik asko
  
Dankie
  
How Are You?
Zer moduz?
  
Hoe gaan dit
  
Good Night
Gabon
  
goeie nag
  
Good Evening
Arratsalde on
  
Goeienaand
  
Good Afternoon
Arratsalde on
  
Goeie middag
  
Good Morning
Egun on
  
goeie more
  
Please
Mesedez
  
asseblief
  
Sorry
Barkatu
  
jammer
  
Bye
Agur
  
Not Available
  
I Love You
Maite zaitut
  
Ek het jou lief
  
Excuse Me
Barkatu
  
Verskoon my
  
Dialect 1
Navarro-Lapurdian
  
Kaapse Afrikaans
  
Where They Speak
France
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Souletin
  
Oranjeriverafrikaans
  
Where They Speak
France, Soule, Spain
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Biscayan
  
Baster Afrikaans
  
Where They Speak
Spain
  
Namibia
  
How Many People Speak?
7.20 million
  
99+
19.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
7.20 million
  
99+
7.10 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
10.30 million
  
22
Native Name
Not available
  
Afrikaans
  
Alternative Names
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense
  
Cape Dutch
  
French Name
basque
  
afrikaans
  
German Name
Baskisch
  
Afrikaans
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
  
Ethnicity
Basque people
  
Afrikaners
  
Origin
c. 1000
  
17th Century
  
Language Family
Vasconic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Germanic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Western
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian
  
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
  
Standard Forms
Basque
  
Standard Afrikaans
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
eu
  
af
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
eus
  
afr
  
ISO 639 2/B
baq
  
afr
  
ISO 639 3
eus
  
afr
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
afrs
  
Glottocode
basq1248
  
afri1274
  
Linguasphere
40-AAA-a
  
52-ACB-ba
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Analytic
  
Basque and Afrikaans 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 Basque and Afrikaans greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Basque and Afrikaans language. Basque word for "Hello" is Kaixo or Afrikaans word for "Thank You" is Dankie. Find more of such common Basque Greetings and Afrikaans Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Basque vs Afrikaans Difficulty
The Basque vs Afrikaans difficulty level basically depends on the number of Basque Alphabets and Afrikaans 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 Basque and Afrikaans are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Basque and Afrikaans, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Basque is 88 weeks while to learn Afrikaans time required is 24 weeks.