Countries
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre
National Language
Spain
France, Spain
Second Language
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee
Interesting Facts
- One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
- Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
- The Basque language is the oldest European language.
- Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
Similar To
French Language
Spanish
Derived From
Latin
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Thank You
Gracias
Eskerrik asko
How Are You?
Cómo estás?
Zer moduz?
Good Night
Buenas Noches
Gabon
Good Evening
Bonne soirée
Arratsalde on
Good Afternoon
Buenas Tardes
Arratsalde on
Good Morning
Buenos Días
Egun on
I Love You
Te Quiero
Maite zaitut
Excuse Me
Discúlpeme
Barkatu
Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish
Navarro-Lapurdian
Where They Speak
Mexico
France
Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish
Souletin
Where They Speak
Cuba
France, Soule, Spain
Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish
Biscayan
Where They Speak
Puerto Rico
Spain
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Español
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Alternative Names
Castellano, Castilian, Español
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense
French Name
espagnol; castillan
basque
German Name
Spanisch
Baskisch
Pronunciation
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]
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Ethnicity
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Basque people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Vasconic Family
Subgroup
Romance
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Branch
Not Available
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Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish
Basque
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Spanish
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Scope
Individual
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ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
stan1288
basq1248
Linguasphere
51-AAA-b
40-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
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Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Agglutinative
Spanish 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 Spanish and Basque greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Spanish and Basque language. Spanish word for "Hello" is hola or Basque word for "Thank You" is Eskerrik asko. Find more of such common Spanish Greetings and Basque Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Spanish vs Basque Difficulty
The Spanish vs Basque difficulty level basically depends on the number of Spanish 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 Spanish and Basque are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Spanish and Basque, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Spanish is 24 weeks while to learn Basque time required is 88 weeks.