Countries
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre
  
India, Pakistan
  
National Language
France, Spain
  
India, Pakistan
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Pakistan
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- The Basque language is the oldest European language.
- Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  
- Punjabi is 2nd most spoken in United Kingdom and 4th most spoken in Canada.
- Punjabi is tonal language, by using various tones Punjabi speakers are able to differentiate between words.
  
Similar To
Spanish
  
Hindi Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Basque-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Punjabi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Kaixo
  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
  
Thank You
Eskerrik asko
  
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
  
How Are You?
Zer moduz?
  
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
  
Good Night
Gabon
  
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
  
Good Evening
Arratsalde on
  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
Good Afternoon
Arratsalde on
  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
  
Good Morning
Egun on
  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
Please
Mesedez
  
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
  
Sorry
Barkatu
  
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
  
Bye
Agur
  
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
  
I Love You
Maite zaitut
  
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
  
Excuse Me
Barkatu
  
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
  
Dialect 1
Navarro-Lapurdian
  
Pothohari
  
Where They Speak
France
  
Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00
  
22
Dialect 2
Souletin
  
Saraiki
  
Where They Speak
France, Soule, Spain
  
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
5
Dialect 3
Biscayan
  
Doabi
  
Where They Speak
Spain
  
Pakistan, Punjab, India
  
How Many People Speak?
7.20 million
  
99+
154.30 million
  
12
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
7.20 million
  
99+
100.00 million
  
11
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
54.30 million
  
12
Native Name
Not available
  
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
  
Alternative Names
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense
  
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
  
French Name
basque
  
pendjabi
  
German Name
Baskisch
  
Pandschabi-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Availble
  
Ethnicity
Basque people
  
Punjabis
  
Origin
c. 1000
  
1000 AD
  
Language Family
Vasconic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian
  
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
  
Standard Forms
Basque
  
Modern Punjabi
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
eu
  
pa
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
eus
  
pan
  
ISO 639 2/B
baq
  
pan
  
ISO 639 3
eus
  
pan
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
basq1248
  
panj1256
  
Linguasphere
40-AAA-a
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Fusional
  
Basque and Punjabi 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 Punjabi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Basque and Punjabi language. Basque word for "Hello" is Kaixo or Punjabi word for "Thank You" is ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā). Find more of such common Basque Greetings and Punjabi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Basque vs Punjabi Difficulty
The Basque vs Punjabi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Basque Alphabets and Punjabi 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 Punjabi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Basque and Punjabi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Basque is 88 weeks while to learn Punjabi time required is 6 weeks.