Countries
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre
  
India, Karnataka, India
  
National Language
France, Spain
  
Karnataka, India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Goa
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
  
Regulated By
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee
  
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
  
Interesting Facts
- The Basque language is the oldest European language.
- Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  
- Kannada is the third oldest language after Sanskrit and Tamil of India
- Kannada language is only Indian language which got maximum i.e. 8 GyanaPeetha Awards.
  
Similar To
Spanish
  
Telugu
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Basque-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Kannada-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Kannada Script
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Kaixo
  
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
  
Thank You
Eskerrik asko
  
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
  
How Are You?
Zer moduz?
  
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
  
Good Night
Gabon
  
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
  
Good Evening
Arratsalde on
  
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
  
Good Afternoon
Arratsalde on
  
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
  
Good Morning
Egun on
  
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
  
Please
Mesedez
  
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
  
Sorry
Barkatu
  
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
  
Bye
Agur
  
ಬೈ (Bai)
  
I Love You
Maite zaitut
  
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
  
Excuse Me
Barkatu
  
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
  
Dialect 1
Navarro-Lapurdian
  
Badaga
  
Where They Speak
France
  
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
  
Dialect 2
Souletin
  
Urali
  
Where They Speak
France, Soule, Spain
  
kerala
  
Dialect 3
Biscayan
  
Kurumba
  
Where They Speak
Spain
  
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
7.20 million
  
99+
49.00 million
  
29
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
7.20 million
  
99+
38.00 million
  
26
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
11.00 million
  
21
Native Name
Not available
  
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
  
Alternative Names
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense
  
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
  
French Name
basque
  
kannada
  
German Name
Baskisch
  
Kannada
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
  
Ethnicity
Basque people
  
Kannadiga
  
Origin
c. 1000
  
c. 450
  
Language Family
Vasconic Family
  
Dravidian Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian
  
Old Kannada, Kannada
  
Standard Forms
Basque
  
Modern Kannada
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
eu
  
kn
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
eus
  
kan
  
ISO 639 2/B
baq
  
kan
  
ISO 639 3
eus
  
kan
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
basq1248
  
nucl1305
  
Linguasphere
40-AAA-a
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Not Available
  
Basque and Kannada 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 Kannada greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Basque and Kannada language. Basque word for "Hello" is Kaixo or Kannada word for "Thank You" is ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu). Find more of such common Basque Greetings and Kannada Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Basque vs Kannada Difficulty
The Basque vs Kannada difficulty level basically depends on the number of Basque Alphabets and Kannada 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 Kannada are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Basque and Kannada, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Basque is 88 weeks while to learn Kannada time required is 44 weeks.