Countries
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
  
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre
  
National Language
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
  
France, Spain
  
Second Language
Spain
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee
  
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee
  
Interesting Facts
- Catalan is 6th most largely spoken Romance language.
- Catalan went through a golden age in low middle ages, reaching a peak of maturity and cultural richness.
  
- The Basque language is the oldest European language.
- Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  
Similar To
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
  
Spanish
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Catalan-Alpahabets.jpg#200
  
Basque-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hola
  
Kaixo
  
Thank You
Gràcies
  
Eskerrik asko
  
How Are You?
Com estàs?
  
Zer moduz?
  
Good Night
Bona nit
  
Gabon
  
Good Evening
Bona nit
  
Arratsalde on
  
Good Afternoon
Bona tarda
  
Arratsalde on
  
Good Morning
Bon dia
  
Egun on
  
Please
Sisplau
  
Mesedez
  
Sorry
Perdó!
  
Barkatu
  
Bye
Adéu
  
Agur
  
I Love You
T'estimo
  
Maite zaitut
  
Excuse Me
Dispensi!
  
Barkatu
  
Dialect 1
Caló
  
Navarro-Lapurdian
  
Where They Speak
France, Portugal, Spain
  
France
  
Dialect 2
Valencian
  
Souletin
  
Where They Speak
Spain
  
France, Soule, Spain
  
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00
  
19
Dialect 3
Ribagorçan
  
Biscayan
  
Where They Speak
Spain
  
Spain
  
How Many People Speak?
9.20 million
  
99+
7.20 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
4.10 million
  
99+
7.20 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
5.10 million
  
28
Not Available
  
Native Name
català
  
Not available
  
Alternative Names
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian
  
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense
  
French Name
catalan; valencien
  
basque
  
German Name
Katalanisch
  
Baskisch
  
Pronunciation
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Catalan people
  
Basque people
  
Origin
c. 1028
  
c. 1000
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Vasconic Family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Catalan
  
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian
  
Standard Forms
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
  
Basque
  
Signed Forms
Signed Catalan
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
ca
  
eu
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
cat
  
eus
  
ISO 639 2/B
cat
  
baq
  
ISO 639 3
cat
  
eus
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
stan1289
  
basq1248
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-e
  
40-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative
  
Catalan and Basque 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 Catalan and Basque greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Catalan and Basque language. Catalan word for "Hello" is Hola or Basque word for "Thank You" is Eskerrik asko. Find more of such common Catalan Greetings and Basque Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Catalan vs Basque Difficulty
The Catalan vs Basque difficulty level basically depends on the number of Catalan Alphabets and Basque 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 Catalan and Basque are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Catalan and Basque, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Catalan is 24 weeks while to learn Basque time required is 88 weeks.