Countries
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
National Language
France, Spain
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Roman Empire
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Regulated By
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
Interesting Facts
- The Basque language is the oldest European language.
- Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
- Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
- The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
Similar To
Spanish
Armenian
Derived From
Not Available
Latin
Alphabets in
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Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Latin
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Kaixo
γεια σας (geia sas)
Thank You
Eskerrik asko
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
How Are You?
Zer moduz?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Good Night
Gabon
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Good Evening
Arratsalde on
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Good Afternoon
Arratsalde on
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Good Morning
Egun on
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Please
Mesedez
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
Sorry
Barkatu
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
I Love You
Maite zaitut
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Excuse Me
Barkatu
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Dialect 1
Navarro-Lapurdian
Cappadocian Greek
Where They Speak
France
Greece
Where They Speak
France, Soule, Spain
Italy
Dialect 3
Biscayan
Mariupol
Where They Speak
Spain
Ukraine
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
Not available
ελληνικά
Alternative Names
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
French Name
basque
grec moderne (après 1453)
German Name
Baskisch
Neugriechisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[eliniˈka]
Ethnicity
Basque people
Greeks or Hellenes
Language Family
Vasconic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Hellenic
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Standard Forms
Basque
Modern Greek
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Greek Sign Language
Scope
Not Available
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
ells
Glottocode
basq1248
gree1276
Linguasphere
40-AAA-a
56-AAA-a
Language Type
Not Available
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Fusional, Synthetic
Basque and Greek 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 Greek greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Basque and Greek language. Basque word for "Hello" is Kaixo or Greek word for "Thank You" is ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱). Find more of such common Basque Greetings and Greek Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Basque vs Greek Difficulty
The Basque vs Greek difficulty level basically depends on the number of Basque Alphabets and Greek 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 Greek are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Basque and Greek, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Basque is 88 weeks while to learn Greek time required is 44 weeks.