Countries
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara
National Language
France, Spain
Spain
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom
Regulated By
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española
Interesting Facts
- The Basque language is the oldest European language.
- Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
- One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
- Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
Similar To
Spanish
French Language
Derived From
Not Available
Latin
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Eskerrik asko
Gracias
How Are You?
Zer moduz?
Cómo estás?
Good Night
Gabon
Buenas Noches
Good Evening
Arratsalde on
Bonne soirée
Good Afternoon
Arratsalde on
Buenas Tardes
Good Morning
Egun on
Buenos Días
I Love You
Maite zaitut
Te Quiero
Excuse Me
Barkatu
Discúlpeme
Dialect 1
Navarro-Lapurdian
Mexican Spanish
Where They Speak
France
Mexico
Dialect 2
Souletin
Cuban Spanish
Where They Speak
France, Soule, Spain
Cuba
Dialect 3
Biscayan
Puerto Rican Spanish
Where They Speak
Spain
Puerto Rico
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Not available
Español
Alternative Names
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense
Castellano, Castilian, Español
French Name
basque
espagnol; castillan
German Name
Baskisch
Spanisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]
Ethnicity
Basque people
Not Available
Language Family
Vasconic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Romance
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian
Old Spanish and Spanish
Standard Forms
Basque
Pluricentric Standard Spanish
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Spanish
Scope
Not Available
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
basq1248
stan1288
Linguasphere
40-AAA-a
51-AAA-b
Language Type
Not Available
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Fusional, Synthetic
Basque and Spanish 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 Spanish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Basque and Spanish language. Basque word for "Hello" is Kaixo or Spanish word for "Thank You" is Gracias. Find more of such common Basque Greetings and Spanish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Basque vs Spanish Difficulty
The Basque vs Spanish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Basque Alphabets and Spanish 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 Spanish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Basque and Spanish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Basque is 88 weeks while to learn Spanish time required is 24 weeks.