Countries
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre
  
India, Nepal
  
National Language
France, Spain
  
Nepal
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Republic of Brazil
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
People's Republic of China
  
Regulated By
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee
  
Language Academy of Nepal
  
Interesting Facts
- The Basque language is the oldest European language.
- Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  
- Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
- Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
  
Similar To
Spanish
  
Hindi
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Basque-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Nepali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Kaixo
  
नमस्ते (namaste)
  
Thank You
Eskerrik asko
  
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
  
How Are You?
Zer moduz?
  
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
  
Good Night
Gabon
  
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
  
Good Evening
Arratsalde on
  
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
  
Good Afternoon
Arratsalde on
  
Good afternoon
  
Good Morning
Egun on
  
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
  
Please
Mesedez
  
कृपया
  
Sorry
Barkatu
  
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
  
Bye
Agur
  
नमस्ते (namaste)
  
I Love You
Maite zaitut
  
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
  
Excuse Me
Barkatu
  
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
  
Dialect 1
Navarro-Lapurdian
  
Doteli
  
Where They Speak
France
  
Nepal
  
Dialect 2
Souletin
  
Bajhangi
  
Where They Speak
France, Soule, Spain
  
India, Nepal
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Biscayan
  
Baitadeli
  
Where They Speak
Spain
  
Nepal
  
How Many People Speak?
7.20 million
  
99+
30.00 million
  
36
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
7.20 million
  
99+
25.00 million
  
32
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
5.00 million
  
29
Native Name
Not available
  
नेपाली (nēpālī)
  
Alternative Names
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense
  
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
  
French Name
basque
  
népalais
  
German Name
Baskisch
  
Nepali
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Basque people
  
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
  
Origin
c. 1000
  
19 BC
  
Language Family
Vasconic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian
  
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
  
Standard Forms
Basque
  
Nepali
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Nepali
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
eu
  
ne
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
eus
  
nep
  
ISO 639 2/B
baq
  
nep
  
ISO 639 3
eus
  
npi
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
basq1248
  
nepa1254
  
Linguasphere
40-AAA-a
  
12
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Agglutinative
  
Basque and Nepali 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 Nepali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Basque and Nepali language. Basque word for "Hello" is Kaixo or Nepali word for "Thank You" is धन्यवाद (dhanyabad). Find more of such common Basque Greetings and Nepali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Basque vs Nepali Difficulty
The Basque vs Nepali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Basque Alphabets and Nepali 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 Nepali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Basque and Nepali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Basque is 88 weeks while to learn Nepali time required is 44 weeks.