Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre
National Language
Portugal
France, Spain
Second Language
United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee
Interesting Facts
- Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
- The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.
- The Basque language is the oldest European language.
- Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages
Spanish
Derived From
Latin
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Basque-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Thank You
obrigado
Eskerrik asko
How Are You?
Como você está?
Zer moduz?
Good Night
boa noite
Gabon
Good Evening
boa Noite
Arratsalde on
Good Afternoon
boa Tarde
Arratsalde on
Good Morning
bom Dia
Egun on
I Love You
Eu te amo
Maite zaitut
Excuse Me
desculpe me
Barkatu
Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese
Navarro-Lapurdian
Where They Speak
Brazil
France
Dialect 2
European Portuguese
Souletin
Where They Speak
Portugal
France, Soule, Spain
Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Biscayan
Where They Speak
Daman and Diu
Spain
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Português
Not available
Alternative Names
Português
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense
French Name
portugais
basque
German Name
Portugiesisch
Baskisch
Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses
Basque people
Origin
3rd Century
c. 1000
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Vasconic Family
Subgroup
Romance
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Medieval Galician
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian
Standard Forms
Portuguese
Basque
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Not Available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
port1283
basq1248
Linguasphere
51-AAA-a
40-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Not Available
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Agglutinative
Portuguese 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 Portuguese and Basque greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Portuguese and Basque language. Portuguese word for "Hello" is Olá or Basque word for "Thank You" is Eskerrik asko. Find more of such common Portuguese Greetings and Basque Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Portuguese vs Basque Difficulty
The Portuguese vs Basque difficulty level basically depends on the number of Portuguese 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 Portuguese and Basque are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Portuguese and Basque, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Portuguese is 24 weeks while to learn Basque time required is 88 weeks.