Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre
National Language
Germany
France, Spain
Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Council for German Orthography
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee
Interesting Facts
- One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
- The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
- The Basque language is the oldest European language.
- Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
Similar To
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages
Spanish
Derived From
Albanian Languages
Not Available
Alphabets in
German-Alphabets.jpg#200
Basque-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Thank You
Danke
Eskerrik asko
How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?
Zer moduz?
Good Night
gute Nacht
Gabon
Good Evening
guten Abend
Arratsalde on
Good Afternoon
guten Tag
Arratsalde on
Good Morning
guten Morgen
Egun on
I Love You
Ich liebe dich
Maite zaitut
Excuse Me
Entschuldigung
Barkatu
Dialect 1
Swiss German
Navarro-Lapurdian
Where They Speak
Switzerland
France
Dialect 2
Swabian German
Souletin
Where They Speak
Germany
France, Soule, Spain
Dialect 3
Texas German
Biscayan
Where They Speak
Texas
Spain
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Deutsch
Not available
Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense
French Name
allemand
basque
German Name
Deutsch
Baskisch
Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Germans
Basque people
Origin
6th Century AD
c. 1000
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Vasconic Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Not Available
Branch
Western
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian
Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
Basque
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed German
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Not Available
ISO 639 6
deus
Not Available
Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397
basq1248
Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm
40-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Not Available
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Agglutinative
German 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 German and Basque greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in German and Basque language. German word for "Hello" is hallo or Basque word for "Thank You" is Eskerrik asko. Find more of such common German Greetings and Basque Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
German vs Basque Difficulty
The German vs Basque difficulty level basically depends on the number of German 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 German and Basque are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in German and Basque, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn German is 30 weeks while to learn Basque time required is 88 weeks.