Countries
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre
  
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
  
National Language
France, Spain
  
Sweden
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Finland
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Antartica, Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee
  
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council
  
Interesting Facts
- The Basque language is the oldest European language.
- Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  
- In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
- Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  
Similar To
Spanish
  
Norwegian and Danish Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Old Norse Language
  
Alphabets in
Basque-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Kaixo
  
hej
  
Thank You
Eskerrik asko
  
tacka dig
  
How Are You?
Zer moduz?
  
hur mår du
  
Good Night
Gabon
  
godnatt
  
Good Evening
Arratsalde on
  
god kväll
  
Good Afternoon
Arratsalde on
  
god eftermiddag
  
Good Morning
Egun on
  
god morgon
  
Please
Mesedez
  
vänligen
  
Sorry
Barkatu
  
ledsen
  
Bye
Agur
  
hej då
  
I Love You
Maite zaitut
  
jag älskar dig
  
Excuse Me
Barkatu
  
ursäkta mig
  
Dialect 1
Navarro-Lapurdian
  
Dialects
  
Where They Speak
France
  
Gabon
  
How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00
  
6
Dialect 2
Souletin
  
Dialects
  
Where They Speak
France, Soule, Spain
  
Georgia
  
How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00
  
2
Dialect 3
Biscayan
  
Dialects
  
Where They Speak
Spain
  
France
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
96,000,000.00
  
1
How Many People Speak?
7.20 million
  
99+
15.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
7.20 million
  
99+
8.70 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
5.00 million
  
29
Native Name
Not available
  
Svenska
  
Alternative Names
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense
  
Ruotsi, Svenska
  
French Name
basque
  
suédois
  
German Name
Baskisch
  
Schwedisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]
  
Ethnicity
Basque people
  
Swedes, Finland Swedes
  
Origin
c. 1000
  
13th Century
  
Language Family
Vasconic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Germanic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Northern (Scandinavian)
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian
  
Old Swedish
  
Standard Forms
Basque
  
Standard Swedish
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
eu
  
sv
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
eus
  
swe
  
ISO 639 2/B
baq
  
swe
  
ISO 639 3
eus
  
swe
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
basq1248
  
swed1254
  
Linguasphere
40-AAA-a
  
52-AAA-ck to -cw
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Not Available
  
Basque and Swedish 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 Swedish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Basque and Swedish language. Basque word for "Hello" is Kaixo or Swedish word for "Thank You" is tacka dig. Find more of such common Basque Greetings and Swedish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Basque vs Swedish Difficulty
The Basque vs Swedish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Basque Alphabets and Swedish 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 Swedish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Basque and Swedish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Basque is 88 weeks while to learn Swedish time required is 24 weeks.