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