Countries
Philippines
  
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre
  
National Language
Philippines
  
France, Spain
  
Second Language
Filipinos
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Australia
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee
  
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee
  
Interesting Facts
- In 1593, "Doctrina Christiana" was first book written in two versions of Tagalog.
- The name "Tagalog" means "native to" and "river". "Tagalog"is derived from taga ilog, which means "inhabitants of the river".
  
- The Basque language is the oldest European language.
- Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  
Similar To
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
  
Spanish
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Tagalog-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Basque-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Baybayin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Kamusta
  
Kaixo
  
Thank You
Salamat po
  
Eskerrik asko
  
How Are You?
Kamusta ka na?
  
Zer moduz?
  
Good Night
Magandang gabi
  
Gabon
  
Good Evening
Magandang gabi po
  
Arratsalde on
  
Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon po
  
Arratsalde on
  
Good Morning
Magandang umaga po
  
Egun on
  
Please
pakiusap
  
Mesedez
  
Sorry
pinagsisisihan
  
Barkatu
  
Bye
Paálam
  
Agur
  
I Love You
Iniibig kita
  
Maite zaitut
  
Excuse Me
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
  
Barkatu
  
Dialect 1
Batangas Tagalog
  
Navarro-Lapurdian
  
Where They Speak
Batangas, Gabon
  
France
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Bisalog
  
Souletin
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
France, Soule, Spain
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Filipino
  
Biscayan
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Spain
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
73.00 million
  
24
7.20 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
28.00 million
  
29
7.20 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
45.00 million
  
13
Not Available
  
Native Name
Tagalog
  
Not available
  
Alternative Names
Filipino, Pilipino
  
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense
  
French Name
tagalog
  
basque
  
German Name
Tagalog
  
Baskisch
  
Pronunciation
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Tagalog people
  
Basque people
  
Origin
1593
  
c. 1000
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Vasconic Family
  
Subgroup
Indonesian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
  
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian
  
Standard Forms
Filipino
  
Basque
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
t1
  
eu
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
tgl
  
eus
  
ISO 639 2/B
tgl
  
baq
  
ISO 639 3
tg1
  
eus
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
taga1269
  
basq1248
  
Linguasphere
31-CKA
  
40-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Object-Verb-Subject, Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Object-Subject, Verb-Subject-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative
  
Tagalog 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 Tagalog and Basque greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Tagalog and Basque language. Tagalog word for "Hello" is Kamusta or Basque word for "Thank You" is Eskerrik asko. Find more of such common Tagalog Greetings and Basque Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Tagalog vs Basque Difficulty
The Tagalog vs Basque difficulty level basically depends on the number of Tagalog 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 Tagalog and Basque are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Tagalog and Basque, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Tagalog is 44 weeks while to learn Basque time required is 88 weeks.