Countries
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre
  
Estonia, European Union
  
National Language
France, Spain
  
Estonia, Gambia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Denmark, Russia, Sweden
  
Regulated By
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee
  
Institute of the Estonian Language
  
Interesting Facts
- The Basque language is the oldest European language.
- Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  
- Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
- Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
  
Similar To
Spanish
  
Finnish
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Estonian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Kaixo
  
Tere
  
Thank You
Eskerrik asko
  
aitäh
  
How Are You?
Zer moduz?
  
kuidas sul läheb
  
Good Night
Gabon
  
Head ööd
  
Good Evening
Arratsalde on
  
Tere õhtust
  
Good Afternoon
Arratsalde on
  
Tere päevast
  
Good Morning
Egun on
  
Tere hommikust
  
Please
Mesedez
  
Palun
  
Sorry
Barkatu
  
Vabandust
  
Bye
Agur
  
Head aega
  
I Love You
Maite zaitut
  
ma armastan sind
  
Excuse Me
Barkatu
  
Vabandage
  
Dialect 1
Navarro-Lapurdian
  
Keskmurre
  
Where They Speak
France
  
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Souletin
  
Tartu
  
Where They Speak
France, Soule, Spain
  
Georgia, South Estonia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Biscayan
  
Idamurre
  
Where They Speak
Spain
  
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.
  
How Many People Speak?
7.20 million
  
99+
1.10 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
7.20 million
  
99+
0.95 million
  
99+
Native Name
Not available
  
eesti keel
  
Alternative Names
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense
  
Eesti keel
  
French Name
basque
  
estonien
  
German Name
Baskisch
  
Estnisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Basque people
  
Estonians
  
Origin
c. 1000
  
13th century
  
Language Family
Vasconic Family
  
Uralic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Finno-Ugric
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Finnic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Basque
  
Estonian
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Estonian Sign Language
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
eu
  
et
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
eus
  
est
  
ISO 639 2/B
baq
  
est
  
ISO 639 3
eus
  
est
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
basq1248
  
esto1258
  
Linguasphere
40-AAA-a
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Agglutinative
  
Basque and Estonian 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 Estonian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Basque and Estonian language. Basque word for "Hello" is Kaixo or Estonian word for "Thank You" is aitäh. Find more of such common Basque Greetings and Estonian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Basque vs Estonian Difficulty
The Basque vs Estonian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Basque Alphabets and Estonian 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 Estonian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Basque and Estonian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Basque is 88 weeks while to learn Estonian time required is 44 weeks.