Countries
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre
  
European Union, Lithuania
  
National Language
France, Spain
  
Lithuania
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Poland
  
Regulated By
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee
  
Commission of the Lithuanian Language
  
Interesting Facts
- The Basque language is the oldest European language.
- Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  
- Lithuanian has many loanwords that originate from Slavic, Germanic and other Baltic languages.
- "Catheciusmus" is the oldest known book in Lithuanian language in 1547.
  
Similar To
Spanish
  
Latvian
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Basque-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Lithuanian-Alpahbets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Kaixo
  
Sveiki
  
Thank You
Eskerrik asko
  
Ačiū
  
How Are You?
Zer moduz?
  
Kaip sekasi?
  
Good Night
Gabon
  
Labanakt
  
Good Evening
Arratsalde on
  
Labas vakaras
  
Good Afternoon
Arratsalde on
  
Laba diena
  
Good Morning
Egun on
  
Labas rytas
  
Please
Mesedez
  
Prašom
  
Sorry
Barkatu
  
atsiprašau
  
Bye
Agur
  
Ate
  
I Love You
Maite zaitut
  
Aš myliu tave
  
Excuse Me
Barkatu
  
Atsiprašau
  
Dialect 1
Navarro-Lapurdian
  
Samogitian
  
Where They Speak
France
  
Lithuania
  
Dialect 2
Souletin
  
Aukštaitian
  
Where They Speak
France, Soule, Spain
  
Lithuania
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Biscayan
  
Curonian
  
Where They Speak
Spain
  
Lithuania
  
How Many People Speak?
7.20 million
  
99+
3.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
7.20 million
  
99+
3.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
Not available
  
lietuvių kalba
  
Alternative Names
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense
  
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy
  
French Name
basque
  
lituanien
  
German Name
Baskisch
  
Litauisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Basque people
  
Lithuanians
  
Origin
c. 1000
  
c. 1503
  
Language Family
Vasconic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Baltic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Basque
  
Lithuanian
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Lithuanian Sign Language
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
eu
  
lt
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
eus
  
lit
  
ISO 639 2/B
baq
  
lit
  
ISO 639 3
eus
  
lit
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
basq1248
  
lith1251
  
Linguasphere
40-AAA-a
  
54-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Synthetic
  
Basque and Lithuanian 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 Lithuanian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Basque and Lithuanian language. Basque word for "Hello" is Kaixo or Lithuanian word for "Thank You" is Ačiū. Find more of such common Basque Greetings and Lithuanian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Basque vs Lithuanian Difficulty
The Basque vs Lithuanian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Basque Alphabets and Lithuanian 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 Lithuanian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Basque and Lithuanian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Basque is 88 weeks while to learn Lithuanian time required is 44 weeks.