Countries
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre
  
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
National Language
France, Spain
  
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
  
Regulated By
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee
  
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
  
Interesting Facts
- The Basque language is the oldest European language.
- Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  
- Albanian Language has adopted words from Latin, Greek, Turkish, Italian and Slavic languages.
- 74% Albanian people are atheist, they never go to church or mosque.
Similar To
Spanish
  
Romanian
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Basque-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Albanian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Kaixo
  
Përshëndetje
  
Thank You
Eskerrik asko
  
Ju faleminderit
  
How Are You?
Zer moduz?
  
Si jeni?
  
Good Night
Gabon
  
natën e mirë
  
Good Evening
Arratsalde on
  
mirëmbrëma
  
Good Afternoon
Arratsalde on
  
mirëdita
  
Good Morning
Egun on
  
mirëmengjes
  
Please
Mesedez
  
Ju lutem
  
Sorry
Barkatu
  
Me fal
  
Bye
Agur
  
mirupafshim
  
I Love You
Maite zaitut
  
unë e dua ju
  
Excuse Me
Barkatu
  
Më falni
  
Dialect 1
Navarro-Lapurdian
  
Gheg Albanian
  
Where They Speak
France
  
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
  
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00
  
20
Dialect 2
Souletin
  
Tosk Albanian
  
Where They Speak
France, Soule, Spain
  
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00
  
20
Dialect 3
Biscayan
  
Arbëresh
  
Where They Speak
Spain
  
Italy
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
7.20 million
  
99+
7.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
7.20 million
  
99+
3.10 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
3.60 million
  
31
Native Name
Not available
  
shqip / gjuha shqipe
  
Alternative Names
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense
  
Not Available
  
French Name
basque
  
albanais
  
German Name
Baskisch
  
Albanisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ʃcip]
  
Ethnicity
Basque people
  
Albanians
  
Origin
c. 1000
  
1462 AD
  
Language Family
Vasconic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian
  
Old Albanian
  
Standard Forms
Basque
  
Standard Albanian
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
eu
  
sq
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
eus
  
sqi
  
ISO 639 2/B
baq
  
alb
  
ISO 639 3
eus
  
sqi
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
basq1248
  
alba1267
  
Linguasphere
40-AAA-a
  
55-AAA-aaa
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Synthetic
  
Basque and Albanian 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 Albanian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Basque and Albanian language. Basque word for "Hello" is Kaixo or Albanian word for "Thank You" is Ju faleminderit. Find more of such common Basque Greetings and Albanian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Basque vs Albanian Difficulty
The Basque vs Albanian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Basque Alphabets and Albanian 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 Albanian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Basque and Albanian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Basque is 88 weeks while to learn Albanian time required is 44 weeks.