Home
Languagevs


Basque vs Nepali


Nepali vs Basque


Countries

Countries
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre   
India, Nepal   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

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

Alphabets in
Basque-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Nepali-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
27   
9
48   
28

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
12   
9

How Many Consonants
21   
11
36   
26

Scripts
Latin   
Devanagari   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Navarro-Lapurdian   
Doteli   

Where They Speak
France   
Nepal   

How Many People Speak
68,000.00   
99+
790,000.00   
30

Dialect 2
Souletin   
Bajhangi   

Where They Speak
France, Soule, Spain   
India, Nepal   

How Many People Speak
8,700.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Biscayan   
Baitadeli   

Where They Speak
Spain   
Nepal   

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
12   
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.20 million   
99+
30.00 million   
36

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.25 %   
99+

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   

History

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   
59   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Nepali   

Scope
Not Available   
Individual, Macrolanguage   

Code

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   

Countries >>
<< All

Basque and Nepali Language History

Comparison of Basque vs Nepali language history gives us differences between origin of Basque and Nepali language. History of Basque language states that this language originated in c. 1000 whereas history of Nepali language states that this language originated in 19 BC. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Basque and Nepali Language History.

Compare Most Difficult Languages

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.

Most Difficult Languages

Most Difficult Languages

» More Most Difficult Languages

Compare Most Difficult Languages

» More Compare Most Difficult Languages