Countries
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre
  
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City
  
National Language
France, Spain
  
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia
  
Regulated By
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee
  
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)
  
Interesting Facts
- The Basque language is the oldest European language.
- Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  
- One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
- Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  
Similar To
Spanish
  
French and Portuguese Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Basque-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Italian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Kaixo
  
ciao
  
Thank You
Eskerrik asko
  
grazie
  
How Are You?
Zer moduz?
  
Come stai?
  
Good Night
Gabon
  
buonanotte
  
Good Evening
Arratsalde on
  
buonasera
  
Good Afternoon
Arratsalde on
  
buon pomeriggio
  
Good Morning
Egun on
  
buongiorno
  
Please
Mesedez
  
Per Favore
  
Sorry
Barkatu
  
scusate
  
Bye
Agur
  
arrivederci
  
I Love You
Maite zaitut
  
Ti amo
  
Excuse Me
Barkatu
  
Scusami
  
Dialect 1
Navarro-Lapurdian
  
Romanesco
  
Where They Speak
France
  
Lazio
  
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00
  
21
Dialect 2
Souletin
  
Central Italian
  
Where They Speak
France, Soule, Spain
  
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
14
Dialect 3
Biscayan
  
Tuscan
  
Where They Speak
Spain
  
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria
  
How Many People Speak?
7.20 million
  
99+
78.00 million
  
21
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
7.20 million
  
99+
64.00 million
  
18
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
14.00 million
  
20
Native Name
Not available
  
Italiano
  
Alternative Names
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense
  
Italiano
  
French Name
basque
  
italien
  
German Name
Baskisch
  
Italienisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[itaˈljaːno]
  
Ethnicity
Basque people
  
Italians
  
Origin
c. 1000
  
960 BC
  
Language Family
Vasconic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Romance
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Basque
  
Italian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
eu
  
it
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
eus
  
ita
  
ISO 639 2/B
baq
  
ita
  
ISO 639 3
eus
  
ita
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
itas
  
Glottocode
basq1248
  
ital1282
  
Linguasphere
40-AAA-a
  
51-AAA-q
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Basque and Italian 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 Italian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Basque and Italian language. Basque word for "Hello" is Kaixo or Italian word for "Thank You" is grazie. Find more of such common Basque Greetings and Italian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Basque vs Italian Difficulty
The Basque vs Italian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Basque Alphabets and Italian 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 Italian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Basque and Italian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Basque is 88 weeks while to learn Italian time required is 24 weeks.