Countries
Philippines
  
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre
  
National Language
Philippines
  
France, Spain
  
Second Language
Philippines
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino
  
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee
  
Interesting Facts
- "Filipino" was officially declared as national language by the constitution in 1987.
- "Filipino" is the official name of Tagalog, or synonym of it.
  
- The Basque language is the oldest European language.
- Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  
Similar To
Tagalog Language
  
Spanish
  
Derived From
Spanish Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Filipino-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Basque-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Kumusta
  
Kaixo
  
Thank You
Salamat
  
Eskerrik asko
  
How Are You?
Kumusta
  
Zer moduz?
  
Good Night
magandang gabi
  
Gabon
  
Good Evening
Magandang gabi
  
Arratsalde on
  
Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon
  
Arratsalde on
  
Good Morning
Magandang umaga
  
Egun on
  
Please
Mangyaring
  
Mesedez
  
Sorry
pinagsisisihan
  
Barkatu
  
Bye
Paalam
  
Agur
  
I Love You
Mahal kita
  
Maite zaitut
  
Excuse Me
patawarin ninyo ako
  
Barkatu
  
Dialect 1
Bikol
  
Navarro-Lapurdian
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
France
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Hiligaynon
  
Souletin
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
France, Soule, Spain
  
How Many People Speak
8,200,000.00
  
11
Dialect 3
Waray
  
Biscayan
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Spain
  
How Many People Speak
2,600,000.00
  
13
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
90.00 million
  
17
7.20 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
45.00 million
  
23
7.20 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
45.00 million
  
13
Not Available
  
Native Name
filipino
  
Not available
  
Alternative Names
Pilipino
  
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense
  
French Name
filipino; pilipino
  
basque
  
German Name
Pilipino
  
Baskisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˌfɪl.ɪˈpiː.no]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Basque people
  
Origin
16th Century
  
c. 1000
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Vasconic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian
  
Standard Forms
Filipino
  
Basque
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
No Data Available
  
eu
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
fil
  
eus
  
ISO 639 2/B
fil
  
baq
  
ISO 639 3
fil
  
eus
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
fili1244
  
basq1248
  
Linguasphere
No Data Available
  
40-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative
  
Filipino 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 Filipino and Basque greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Filipino and Basque language. Filipino word for "Hello" is Kumusta or Basque word for "Thank You" is Eskerrik asko. Find more of such common Filipino Greetings and Basque Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Filipino vs Basque Difficulty
The Filipino vs Basque difficulty level basically depends on the number of Filipino 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 Filipino and Basque are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Filipino and Basque, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Filipino is 44 weeks while to learn Basque time required is 88 weeks.