Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre
National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
France, Spain
Second Language
South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee
Interesting Facts
- Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
- There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
- The Basque language is the oldest European language.
- Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
Similar To
German and English Languages
Spanish
Derived From
Not Available
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Alphabets in
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Basque-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Thank You
dankjewel
Eskerrik asko
How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?
Zer moduz?
Good Night
goede Nacht
Gabon
Good Evening
goedenavond
Arratsalde on
Good Afternoon
goedemiddag
Arratsalde on
Good Morning
goedemorgen
Egun on
Please
alsjeblieft
Mesedez
I Love You
Ik hou van jou
Maite zaitut
Dialect 1
Gronings
Navarro-Lapurdian
Where They Speak
Netherlands
France
Dialect 2
Low Saxon
Souletin
Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
France, Soule, Spain
Dialect 3
Limburgian
Biscayan
Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands
Spain
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Nederlands
Not available
Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense
French Name
néerlandais; flamand
basque
German Name
Niederländisch
Baskisch
Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Dutch people
Basque people
Origin
AD 450-500
c. 1000
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Vasconic Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Not Available
Branch
Western
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian
Standard Forms
Standard Dutch
Basque
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Not Available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
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Glottocode
mode1257
basq1248
Linguasphere
52-ACB-a
40-AAA-a
Language Type
Historical
Not Available
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Agglutinative
Dutch 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 Dutch and Basque greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Dutch and Basque language. Dutch word for "Hello" is Hallo or Basque word for "Thank You" is Eskerrik asko. Find more of such common Dutch Greetings and Basque Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Dutch vs Basque Difficulty
The Dutch vs Basque difficulty level basically depends on the number of Dutch 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 Dutch and Basque are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Dutch and Basque, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Dutch is 24 weeks while to learn Basque time required is 88 weeks.