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
  
Not Available
  
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
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Kaixo
  
Hello
  
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
  
Please
Mesedez
  
Please
  
Sorry
Barkatu
  
Sorry
  
Bye
Agur
  
Bye
  
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
  
How Many People Speak
225,000,000.00
  
3
Dialect 2
Souletin
  
Hiberno-English
  
Where They Speak
France, Soule, Spain
  
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
  
How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00
  
15
Dialect 3
Biscayan
  
Welsh English
  
Where They Speak
Spain
  
United Kingdom
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
2,500,000.00
  
14
How Many People Speak?
7.20 million
  
99+
1,200.00 million
  
1
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
7.20 million
  
99+
400.00 million
  
3
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
400.00 million
  
1
Native Name
Not available
  
English
  
Alternative Names
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense
  
Not Available
  
French Name
basque
  
anglais
  
German Name
Baskisch
  
Englisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
  
Ethnicity
Basque people
  
Not Available
  
Origin
c. 1000
  
5th Century 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 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 1
eu
  
en
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
eus
  
eng
  
ISO 639 2/B
baq
  
eng
  
ISO 639 3
eus
  
eng
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
engs
  
Glottocode
basq1248
  
stan1293
  
Linguasphere
40-AAA-a
  
52-ABA
  
Types of Language
  
  
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.