Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre
National Language
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City
France, Spain
Second Language
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee
Interesting Facts
- One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
- Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
- The Basque language is the oldest European language.
- Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
Similar To
French and Portuguese Languages
Spanish
Derived From
Latin
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Basque-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Thank You
grazie
Eskerrik asko
How Are You?
Come stai?
Zer moduz?
Good Night
buonanotte
Gabon
Good Evening
buonasera
Arratsalde on
Good Afternoon
buon pomeriggio
Arratsalde on
Good Morning
buongiorno
Egun on
Please
Per Favore
Mesedez
I Love You
Ti amo
Maite zaitut
Excuse Me
Scusami
Barkatu
Dialect 1
Romanesco
Navarro-Lapurdian
Where They Speak
Lazio
France
Dialect 2
Central Italian
Souletin
Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria
France, Soule, Spain
Dialect 3
Tuscan
Biscayan
Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria
Spain
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Italiano
Not available
Alternative Names
Italiano
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense
French Name
italien
basque
German Name
Italienisch
Baskisch
Pronunciation
[itaˈljaːno]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Italians
Basque people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Vasconic Family
Subgroup
Romance
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian
Standard Forms
Italian
Basque
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Not Available
ISO 639 6
itas
Not Available
Glottocode
ital1282
basq1248
Linguasphere
51-AAA-q
40-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Not Available
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Agglutinative
Italian 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 Italian and Basque greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Italian and Basque language. Italian word for "Hello" is ciao or Basque word for "Thank You" is Eskerrik asko. Find more of such common Italian Greetings and Basque Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Italian vs Basque Difficulty
The Italian vs Basque difficulty level basically depends on the number of Italian 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 Italian and Basque are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Italian and Basque, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Italian is 24 weeks while to learn Basque time required is 88 weeks.