Countries
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre
National Language
France
France, Spain
Second Language
Africa, Canada
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee
Interesting Facts
- French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
- French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
- The Basque language is the oldest European language.
- Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
Similar To
Italian Language
Spanish
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Thank You
Merci
Eskerrik asko
How Are You?
Comment allez-vous?
Zer moduz?
Good Night
bonne Nuit
Gabon
Good Evening
bonsoir
Arratsalde on
Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi
Arratsalde on
Good Morning
Bonjour
Egun on
Please
S'il vous plaît
Mesedez
I Love You
Je t'aime
Maite zaitut
Excuse Me
Excuse Moi
Barkatu
Dialect 1
Quebec French
Navarro-Lapurdian
Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
France
Dialect 2
African French
Souletin
Where They Speak
Africa
France, Soule, Spain
Dialect 3
Swiss French
Biscayan
Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland
Spain
Native Name
français
Euskara
Alternative Names
Français
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense
French Name
français
basque
German Name
Französisch
Baskisch
Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
[bɑːsk]
Ethnicity
French people
Basque people
Origin
9th Century
c. 1000
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Vasconic Family
Early Forms
Old French, Middle French and French
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian
Standard Forms
Standard French
Basque
Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
Basque Sign Language
Glottocode
stan1290
basq1248
Linguasphere
51-AAA-i
40-AAA-a
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Agglutinative
French 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 French and Basque greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in French and Basque language. French word for "Hello" is bonjour or Basque word for "Thank You" is Eskerrik asko. Find more of such common French Greetings and Basque Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
French vs Basque Difficulty
The French vs Basque difficulty level basically depends on the number of French 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 French and Basque are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in French and Basque, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn French is 24 weeks while to learn Basque time required is 88 weeks.