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Basque vs Portuguese


Countries

Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe  
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre  

Total No. Of Countries
10  
6
2  
13

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

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

Alphabets
23  
5
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
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
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Olá  
Kaixo  

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  

Please
Por Favor  
Mesedez  

Sorry
pesaroso  
Barkatu  

Bye
tchau  
Agur  

I Love You
Eu te amo  
Maite zaitut  

Excuse Me
desculpe me  
Barkatu  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese  
Navarro-Lapurdian  

Where They Speak
Brazil  
France  

How Many People Speak
204,000,000.00  
4
68,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
European Portuguese  
Souletin  

Where They Speak
Portugal  
France, Soule, Spain  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
9
8,700.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole  
Biscayan  

Where They Speak
Daman and Diu  
Spain  

How Many People Speak
4,000.00  
36
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
26  
22
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
231.00 million  
7
7.20 million  
99+

Speaking Population
3.27 %  
7
Not Available  

Native Speakers
216.00 million  
5
7.20 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million  
18
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  

History

Origin
3rd Century  
c. 1000  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Vasconic Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Medieval Galician  
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian  

Standard Forms
Portuguese  
Basque  

Language Position
6  
6
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Not Available  

Code

ISO 639 1
pt  
eu  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
por  
eus  

ISO 639 2/B
por  
baq  

ISO 639 3
por  
eus  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
port1283  
basq1248  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-a  
40-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Not Available  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Agglutinative  

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Portuguese and Basque Language History

Comparison of Portuguese vs Basque language history gives us differences between origin of Portuguese and Basque language. History of Portuguese language states that this language originated in 3rd Century 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 Portuguese and Basque Language History.

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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.

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