Countries
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
National Language
France, Spain
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
South Africa
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
France, Germany, Indonesia
Regulated By
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
Interesting Facts
- The Basque language is the oldest European language.
- Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
- Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
- There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
Similar To
Spanish
German and English Languages
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Eskerrik asko
dankjewel
How Are You?
Zer moduz?
hoe gaat het met je?
Good Night
Gabon
goede Nacht
Good Evening
Arratsalde on
goedenavond
Good Afternoon
Arratsalde on
goedemiddag
Good Morning
Egun on
goedemorgen
Please
Mesedez
alsjeblieft
I Love You
Maite zaitut
Ik hou van jou
Dialect 1
Navarro-Lapurdian
Gronings
Where They Speak
France
Netherlands
Dialect 2
Souletin
Low Saxon
Where They Speak
France, Soule, Spain
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
Dialect 3
Biscayan
Limburgian
Where They Speak
Spain
Belgium, Netherlands
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Not available
Nederlands
Alternative Names
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense
Hollands, Nederlands
French Name
basque
néerlandais; flamand
German Name
Baskisch
Niederländisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
Ethnicity
Basque people
Dutch people
Origin
c. 1000
AD 450-500
Language Family
Vasconic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Germanic
Branch
Not Available
Western
Early Forms
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
Standard Forms
Basque
Standard Dutch
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
Scope
Not Available
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
basq1248
mode1257
Linguasphere
40-AAA-a
52-ACB-a
Language Type
Not Available
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Synthetic
Basque and Dutch 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 Dutch greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Basque and Dutch language. Basque word for "Hello" is Kaixo or Dutch word for "Thank You" is dankjewel. Find more of such common Basque Greetings and Dutch Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Basque vs Dutch Difficulty
The Basque vs Dutch difficulty level basically depends on the number of Basque Alphabets and Dutch 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 Dutch are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Basque and Dutch, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Basque is 88 weeks while to learn Dutch time required is 24 weeks.