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