Home
Languagevs


Galician vs Basque


Basque vs Galician


Countries

Countries
Galicia  
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Galicia  
France, Spain  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Royal Galician Academy (Real Academia Galega)  
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee  

Interesting Facts
  • In Galician language, there are no compound tenses.
  • The earliest document in Galician language was written in 1228 which was legal charter for a municipality of Galicia.
  
  • The Basque language is the oldest European language.
  • Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  

Similar To
Portuguese Language  
Spanish  

Derived From
Latin  
Not Available  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Galician-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Basque-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
23  
5
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
5  
2

How Many Consonants
19  
9
21  
11

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available  
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available  
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Ola  
Kaixo  

Thank You
Grazas  
Eskerrik asko  

How Are You?
Que tal estás?  
Zer moduz?  

Good Night
Boas noites  
Gabon  

Good Evening
Boa tarde  
Arratsalde on  

Good Afternoon
Boa tarde  
Arratsalde on  

Good Morning
Bos días  
Egun on  

Please
Por favor  
Mesedez  

Sorry
Síntoo!  
Barkatu  

Bye
Adeus  
Agur  

I Love You
Ámote  
Maite zaitut  

Excuse Me
Perdoe!  
Barkatu  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Galician  
Navarro-Lapurdian  

Where They Speak
East Galicia  
France  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
68,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Central Galician  
Souletin  

Where They Speak
Central Galicia  
France, Soule, Spain  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
8,700.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Western Galician  
Biscayan  

Where They Speak
West Galicia  
Spain  

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
2.40 million  
99+
7.20 million  
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
2.40 million  
99+
7.20 million  
99+

Native Name
Galego  
Not available  

Alternative Names
Galego, Gallego  
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense  

French Name
galicien  
basque  

German Name
Galicisch  
Baskisch  

Pronunciation
[ɡaˈleɣo]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Basque people  

History

Origin
c. 1175  
c. 1000  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Vasconic Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Medieval Galician  
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian  

Standard Forms
Galician  
Basque  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Not Available  

Code

ISO 639 1
gl  
eu  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
glg  
eus  

ISO 639 2/B
glg  
baq  

ISO 639 3
glg  
eus  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
gali1258  
basq1248  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-ab  
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  

Countries >>
<< All

Galician and Basque Language History

Comparison of Galician vs Basque language history gives us differences between origin of Galician and Basque language. History of Galician language states that this language originated in c. 1175 whereas history of Basque language states that this language originated in c. 1000. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Galician and Basque Language History.

Compare Most Difficult Languages

Galician 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 Galician and Basque greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Galician and Basque language. Galician word for "Hello" is Ola or Basque word for "Thank You" is Eskerrik asko. Find more of such common Galician Greetings and Basque Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Galician vs Basque Difficulty

The Galician vs Basque difficulty level basically depends on the number of Galician 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 Galician and Basque are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Galician and Basque, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Galician is Not Available while to learn Basque time required is 88 weeks.

Most Difficult Languages

Most Difficult Languages

» More Most Difficult Languages

Compare Most Difficult Languages

» More Compare Most Difficult Languages