Countries
India, Nepal
  
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre
  
National Language
Nepal
  
France, Spain
  
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
People's Republic of China
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal
  
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee
  
Interesting Facts
- Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
- Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
  
- The Basque language is the oldest European language.
- Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  
Similar To
Hindi
  
Spanish
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Nepali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Basque-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)
  
Kaixo
  
Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
  
Eskerrik asko
  
How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
  
Zer moduz?
  
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
  
Gabon
  
Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
  
Arratsalde on
  
Good Afternoon
Good afternoon
  
Arratsalde on
  
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
  
Egun on
  
Please
कृपया
  
Mesedez
  
Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
  
Barkatu
  
Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)
  
Agur
  
I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
  
Maite zaitut
  
Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
  
Barkatu
  
Dialect 1
Doteli
  
Navarro-Lapurdian
  
Where They Speak
Nepal
  
France
  
Dialect 2
Bajhangi
  
Souletin
  
Where They Speak
India, Nepal
  
France, Soule, Spain
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Baitadeli
  
Biscayan
  
Where They Speak
Nepal
  
Spain
  
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million
  
36
7.20 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
25.00 million
  
32
7.20 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million
  
29
Not Available
  
Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)
  
Not available
  
Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
  
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense
  
French Name
népalais
  
basque
  
German Name
Nepali
  
Baskisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
  
Basque people
  
Origin
19 BC
  
c. 1000
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Vasconic Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
  
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian
  
Standard Forms
Nepali
  
Basque
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Nepali
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
ne
  
eu
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
nep
  
eus
  
ISO 639 2/B
nep
  
baq
  
ISO 639 3
npi
  
eus
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nepa1254
  
basq1248
  
Linguasphere
12
  
40-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Agglutinative
  
Nepali 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 Nepali and Basque greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Nepali and Basque language. Nepali word for "Hello" is नमस्ते (namaste) or Basque word for "Thank You" is Eskerrik asko. Find more of such common Nepali Greetings and Basque Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Nepali vs Basque Difficulty
The Nepali vs Basque difficulty level basically depends on the number of Nepali 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 Nepali and Basque are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Nepali and Basque, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Nepali is 44 weeks while to learn Basque time required is 88 weeks.