Countries
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre
  
Japan
  
National Language
France, Spain
  
Japan
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Asia, Pacific
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Palau
  
Regulated By
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee
  
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
  
Interesting Facts
- The Basque language is the oldest European language.
- Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  
- In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  
Similar To
Spanish
  
Korean Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Basque-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Japanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Kana
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Kaixo
  
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
  
Thank You
Eskerrik asko
  
ありがとう (Arigatō)
  
How Are You?
Zer moduz?
  
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
  
Good Night
Gabon
  
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
  
Good Evening
Arratsalde on
  
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
  
Good Afternoon
Arratsalde on
  
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
  
Good Morning
Egun on
  
おはよう (Ohayō)
  
Please
Mesedez
  
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
  
Sorry
Barkatu
  
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
  
Bye
Agur
  
さようなら (Sayōnara)
  
I Love You
Maite zaitut
  
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
  
Excuse Me
Barkatu
  
すみません (Sumimasen)
  
Dialect 1
Navarro-Lapurdian
  
Sanuki
  
Where They Speak
France
  
Kagawa
  
How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00
  
28
Dialect 2
Souletin
  
Hakata
  
Where They Speak
France, Soule, Spain
  
Fukuoka
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Biscayan
  
Kansai
  
Where They Speak
Spain
  
kansai
  
How Many People Speak?
7.20 million
  
99+
128.00 million
  
14
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
7.20 million
  
99+
128.00 million
  
9
Native Name
Not available
  
日本語
  
Alternative Names
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense
  
Not Available
  
French Name
basque
  
japonais
  
German Name
Baskisch
  
Japanisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
  
Ethnicity
Basque people
  
Japanese (Yamato)
  
Origin
c. 1000
  
1185
  
Language Family
Vasconic Family
  
Japonic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian
  
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
  
Standard Forms
Basque
  
Japanese
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Japanese
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
eu
  
ja
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
eus
  
jpn
  
ISO 639 2/B
baq
  
jpn
  
ISO 639 3
eus
  
jpn
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
basq1248
  
nucl1643
  
Linguasphere
40-AAA-a
  
45-CAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Basque and Japanese 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 Japanese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Basque and Japanese language. Basque word for "Hello" is Kaixo or Japanese word for "Thank You" is ありがとう (Arigatō). Find more of such common Basque Greetings and Japanese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Basque vs Japanese Difficulty
The Basque vs Japanese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Basque Alphabets and Japanese 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 Japanese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Basque and Japanese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Basque is 88 weeks while to learn Japanese time required is 88 weeks.