Countries
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
National Language
France, Spain
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
South Africa
Regulated By
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee
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Interesting Facts
- The Basque language is the oldest European language.
- Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
Similar To
Spanish
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Derived From
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Latin
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Eskerrik asko
Thank you
How Are You?
Zer moduz?
How are you?
Good Night
Gabon
Good Night
Good Evening
Arratsalde on
Good Evening
Good Afternoon
Arratsalde on
Good Afternoon
Good Morning
Egun on
Good Morning
I Love You
Maite zaitut
I love you
Excuse Me
Barkatu
Excuse Me
Dialect 1
Navarro-Lapurdian
American English
Where They Speak
France
United States of America
Dialect 2
Souletin
Hiberno-English
Where They Speak
France, Soule, Spain
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
Dialect 3
Biscayan
Welsh English
Where They Speak
Spain
United Kingdom
How Many People Speak
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Speaking Population
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Second Language Speakers
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Native Name
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English
Alternative Names
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense
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French Name
basque
anglais
German Name
Baskisch
Englisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
Ethnicity
Basque people
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Origin
c. 1000
5th Century AD
Language Family
Vasconic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
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Branch
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Early Forms
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
Standard Forms
Basque
Standard English
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed English
Scope
Not Available
Individual
ISO 639 6
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engs
Glottocode
basq1248
stan1293
Linguasphere
40-AAA-a
52-ABA
Language Type
Not Available
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
Basque and English 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 English greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Basque and English language. Basque word for "Hello" is Kaixo or English word for "Thank You" is Thank you. Find more of such common Basque Greetings and English Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Basque vs English Difficulty
The Basque vs English difficulty level basically depends on the number of Basque Alphabets and English 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 English are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Basque and English, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Basque is 88 weeks while to learn English time required is 6 weeks.
