Countries
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre
  
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
  
National Language
France, Spain
  
India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Israel, Mauritius
  
Regulated By
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee
  
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
  
Interesting Facts
- The Basque language is the oldest European language.
- Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  
- Marathi ranks 4th in India based on the number of native speakers.
- Marathi language has borrowed plenty of loanwords from Urdu, Persian, Arabic and Sanskrit.
  
Similar To
Spanish
  
Konkani Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Basque-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Kaixo
  
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
  
Thank You
Eskerrik asko
  
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
  
How Are You?
Zer moduz?
  
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
  
Good Night
Gabon
  
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
  
Good Evening
Arratsalde on
  
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
  
Good Afternoon
Arratsalde on
  
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
  
Good Morning
Egun on
  
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
  
Please
Mesedez
  
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
  
Sorry
Barkatu
  
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
  
Bye
Agur
  
बाय (Bāya)
  
I Love You
Maite zaitut
  
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
  
Excuse Me
Barkatu
  
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
  
Dialect 1
Navarro-Lapurdian
  
Maharashtrian Konkani
  
Where They Speak
France
  
Kokan
  
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00
  
23
Dialect 2
Souletin
  
Varhadi
  
Where They Speak
France, Soule, Spain
  
Vidarbha
  
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00
  
12
Dialect 3
Biscayan
  
Khandeshi
  
Where They Speak
Spain
  
Khandesh
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,900,000.00
  
15
How Many People Speak?
7.20 million
  
99+
71.00 million
  
25
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
7.20 million
  
99+
68.00 million
  
16
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
3.00 million
  
32
Native Name
Not available
  
मराठी (marāṭhī)
  
Alternative Names
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense
  
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
  
French Name
basque
  
marathe
  
German Name
Baskisch
  
Marathi
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
  
Ethnicity
Basque people
  
Marathi people
  
Origin
c. 1000
  
10th century
  
Language Family
Vasconic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian
  
Maharashtri Prakrit
  
Standard Forms
Basque
  
Marathi
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
eu
  
mr
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
eus
  
mar
  
ISO 639 2/B
baq
  
mar
  
ISO 639 3
eus
  
mar
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
basq1248
  
mara1378
  
Linguasphere
40-AAA-a
  
omr
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Not Available
  
Basque and Marathi 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 Marathi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Basque and Marathi language. Basque word for "Hello" is Kaixo or Marathi word for "Thank You" is धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda). Find more of such common Basque Greetings and Marathi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Basque vs Marathi Difficulty
The Basque vs Marathi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Basque Alphabets and Marathi 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 Marathi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Basque and Marathi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Basque is 88 weeks while to learn Marathi time required is 4 weeks.