Countries
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
National Language
France, Spain
Germany
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
North Dakota, United States of America
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
Regulated By
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee
Council for German Orthography
Interesting Facts
- The Basque language is the oldest European language.
- Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
- One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
- The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
Similar To
Spanish
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages
Derived From
Not Available
Albanian Languages
Alphabets in
Basque-Alphabets.jpg#200
German-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Eskerrik asko
Danke
How Are You?
Zer moduz?
Wie geht es dir?
Good Night
Gabon
gute Nacht
Good Evening
Arratsalde on
guten Abend
Good Afternoon
Arratsalde on
guten Tag
Good Morning
Egun on
guten Morgen
I Love You
Maite zaitut
Ich liebe dich
Excuse Me
Barkatu
Entschuldigung
Dialect 1
Navarro-Lapurdian
Swiss German
Where They Speak
France
Switzerland
Dialect 2
Souletin
Swabian German
Where They Speak
France, Soule, Spain
Germany
Dialect 3
Biscayan
Texas German
Where They Speak
Spain
Texas
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Not available
Deutsch
Alternative Names
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense
Deutsch, Tedesco
French Name
basque
allemand
German Name
Baskisch
Deutsch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]
Ethnicity
Basque people
Germans
Origin
c. 1000
6th Century AD
Language Family
Vasconic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Germanic
Branch
Not Available
Western
Early Forms
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Basque
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed German
Scope
Not Available
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
deus
Glottocode
basq1248
high1287, uppe1397
Linguasphere
40-AAA-a
52-ACB–dl & -dm
Language Type
Not Available
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Fusional, Synthetic
Basque and German 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 German greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Basque and German language. Basque word for "Hello" is Kaixo or German word for "Thank You" is Danke. Find more of such common Basque Greetings and German Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Basque vs German Difficulty
The Basque vs German difficulty level basically depends on the number of Basque Alphabets and German 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 German are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Basque and German, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Basque is 88 weeks while to learn German time required is 30 weeks.