Countries
Israel
  
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre
  
National Language
Israel
  
France, Spain
  
Second Language
Israel
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Poland
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Academy of the Hebrew Language
  
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee
  
Interesting Facts
- The original language of Bible is Hebrew.
- The men and women use different verbs in hebrew language.
  
- The Basque language is the oldest European language.
- Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  
Similar To
Arabic and Aramaic languages
  
Spanish
  
Derived From
Aramaic Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Hebrew-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Basque-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
How Many Vowels
0
  
Scripts
Hebrew
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
שלום (Shalom)
  
Kaixo
  
Thank You
תודה (Toda)
  
Eskerrik asko
  
How Are You?
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)
  
Zer moduz?
  
Good Night
לילה טוב (Laila tov)
  
Gabon
  
Good Evening
ערב טוב (Erev tov)
  
Arratsalde on
  
Good Afternoon
אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)
  
Arratsalde on
  
Good Morning
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)
  
Egun on
  
Please
בבקשה (bevekshah)
  
Mesedez
  
Sorry
סליחה! (Slicha)
  
Barkatu
  
Bye
להתראות (Lehitraot)
  
Agur
  
I Love You
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)
  
Maite zaitut
  
Excuse Me
בבקשה!
  
Barkatu
  
Dialect 1
Ashkenazi Hebrew
  
Navarro-Lapurdian
  
Where They Speak
Israel
  
France
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Samaritan Hebrew
  
Souletin
  
Where They Speak
Israel, Palestine
  
France, Soule, Spain
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Yemenite Hebrew
  
Biscayan
  
Where They Speak
Israel
  
Spain
  
How Many People Speak?
9.00 million
  
99+
7.20 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
4.40 million
  
99+
7.20 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
5.60 million
  
27
Not Available
  
Native Name
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)
  
Not available
  
Alternative Names
Israeli, Ivrit
  
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense
  
French Name
hébreu
  
basque
  
German Name
Hebräisch
  
Baskisch
  
Pronunciation
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Basque people
  
Origin
1000 BC
  
c. 1000
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Vasconic Family
  
Subgroup
Semitic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Canaanitic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew
  
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian
  
Standard Forms
Modern Hebrew
  
Basque
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Hebrew
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
he
  
eu
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
heb
  
eus
  
ISO 639 2/B
heb
  
baq
  
ISO 639 3
heb
  
eus
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
hebr1246
  
basq1248
  
Linguasphere
12-AAB-a
  
40-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Subject-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Agglutinative
  
Hebrew 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 Hebrew and Basque greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Hebrew and Basque language. Hebrew word for "Hello" is שלום (Shalom) or Basque word for "Thank You" is Eskerrik asko. Find more of such common Hebrew Greetings and Basque Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Hebrew vs Basque Difficulty
The Hebrew vs Basque difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hebrew 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 Hebrew and Basque are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hebrew and Basque, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hebrew is 44 weeks while to learn Basque time required is 88 weeks.