Countries
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre
  
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council
  
National Language
France, Spain
  
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Europe, North America, South America
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee
  
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)
  
Interesting Facts
- The Basque language is the oldest European language.
- Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  
- Danish, Norwegian and Swedish are mutually intelligible, that means if u learn Danish is almost like learning three languages in one.
- There are 9 vowels in Danish language, which can be pronounced in 16 different ways.
  
Similar To
Spanish
  
Norwegian and Swedish
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Old Norse Language
  
Alphabets in
Basque-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Danish-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
  
Mange tak
  
How Are You?
Zer moduz?
  
Hvordan har du det?
  
Good Night
Gabon
  
God nat
  
Good Evening
Arratsalde on
  
God aften
  
Good Afternoon
Arratsalde on
  
God eftermiddag
  
Good Morning
Egun on
  
God morgen
  
Please
Mesedez
  
Please
  
Sorry
Barkatu
  
Undskyld!
  
Bye
Agur
  
Farvel
  
I Love You
Maite zaitut
  
Jeg elsker dig
  
Excuse Me
Barkatu
  
Undskyld mig
  
Dialect 1
Navarro-Lapurdian
  
Scanian
  
Where They Speak
France
  
Sweden
  
Dialect 2
Souletin
  
Jutlandic
  
Where They Speak
France, Soule, Spain
  
Denmark
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Biscayan
  
Bornholmsk
  
Where They Speak
Spain
  
Island of Bornholm
  
How Many People Speak?
7.20 million
  
99+
5.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
7.20 million
  
99+
5.50 million
  
99+
Native Name
Not available
  
dansk
  
Alternative Names
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense
  
Dansk, Rigsdansk
  
French Name
basque
  
danois
  
German Name
Baskisch
  
Dänisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]
  
Ethnicity
Basque people
  
Danish people or Danes
  
Origin
c. 1000
  
c. 1100 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 Danish, Early Modern Danish
  
Standard Forms
Basque
  
Rigsdansk
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Danish
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
eu
  
da
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
eus
  
dan
  
ISO 639 2/B
baq
  
dan
  
ISO 639 3
eus
  
dan
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
basq1248
  
dani1284
  
Linguasphere
40-AAA-a
  
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Fusional
  
Basque and Danish 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 Danish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Basque and Danish language. Basque word for "Hello" is Kaixo or Danish word for "Thank You" is Mange tak. Find more of such common Basque Greetings and Danish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Basque vs Danish Difficulty
The Basque vs Danish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Basque Alphabets and Danish 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 Danish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Basque and Danish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Basque is 88 weeks while to learn Danish time required is 24 weeks.