Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre
National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
France, Spain
Second Language
Roman Empire
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee
Interesting Facts
- Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
- The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
- The Basque language is the oldest European language.
- Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
Similar To
Armenian
Spanish
Derived From
Latin
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)
Kaixo
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
Eskerrik asko
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Zer moduz?
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Gabon
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Arratsalde on
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Arratsalde on
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Egun on
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
Mesedez
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
Barkatu
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Maite zaitut
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Barkatu
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
Navarro-Lapurdian
Where They Speak
Greece
France
Where They Speak
Italy
France, Soule, Spain
Dialect 3
Mariupol
Biscayan
Where They Speak
Ukraine
Spain
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
ελληνικά
Not available
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
basque
German Name
Neugriechisch
Baskisch
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
Basque people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Vasconic Family
Subgroup
Hellenic
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian
Standard Forms
Modern Greek
Basque
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Not Available
ISO 639 6
ells
Not Available
Glottocode
gree1276
basq1248
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
40-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Not Available
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Agglutinative
Greek 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 Greek and Basque greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Greek and Basque language. Greek word for "Hello" is γεια σας (geia sas) or Basque word for "Thank You" is Eskerrik asko. Find more of such common Greek Greetings and Basque Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Greek vs Basque Difficulty
The Greek vs Basque difficulty level basically depends on the number of Greek 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 Greek and Basque are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Greek and Basque, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Greek is 44 weeks while to learn Basque time required is 88 weeks.