Countries
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre
National Language
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
France, Spain
Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Not Available
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee
Interesting Facts
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
- The Basque language is the oldest European language.
- Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
Similar To
Not Available
Spanish
Derived From
Latin
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Thank You
Thank you
Eskerrik asko
How Are You?
How are you?
Zer moduz?
Good Night
Good Night
Gabon
Good Evening
Good Evening
Arratsalde on
Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon
Arratsalde on
Good Morning
Good Morning
Egun on
I Love You
I love you
Maite zaitut
Excuse Me
Excuse Me
Barkatu
Dialect 1
American English
Navarro-Lapurdian
Where They Speak
United States of America
France
Dialect 2
Hiberno-English
Souletin
Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
France, Soule, Spain
Dialect 3
Welsh English
Biscayan
Where They Speak
United Kingdom
Spain
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
English
Not available
Alternative Names
Not Available
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense
French Name
anglais
basque
German Name
Englisch
Baskisch
Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
Not Available
Ethnicity
Not Available
Basque people
Origin
5th Century AD
c. 1000
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Vasconic Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian
Standard Forms
Standard English
Basque
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed English
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Not Available
ISO 639 6
engs
Not Available
Glottocode
stan1293
basq1248
Linguasphere
52-ABA
40-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Not Available
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
Agglutinative
English 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 English and Basque greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in English and Basque language. English word for "Hello" is Hello or Basque word for "Thank You" is Eskerrik asko. Find more of such common English Greetings and Basque Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
English vs Basque Difficulty
The English vs Basque difficulty level basically depends on the number of English 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 English and Basque are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in English and Basque, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn English is 6 weeks while to learn Basque time required is 88 weeks.
