Akan vs Basque
Countries
Ghana, Ivory coast
  
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre
  
National Language
Ghana
  
France, Spain
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Benin, United States of America
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Akan Orthography Committee
  
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee
  
Interesting Facts
- Ghana has over 100 ethnic groups living, and Akan is one of the largest tribe.
- Akan language came in South America, notably Suriname and Jamaica through slave trade.
  
- The Basque language is the oldest European language.
- Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  
Similar To
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Spanish
  
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Akan-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Basque-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ete-sen
  
Kaixo
  
Thank You
meda ase
  
Eskerrik asko
  
How Are You?
wo ho te sɛn?
  
Zer moduz?
  
Good Night
maadwo
  
Gabon
  
Good Evening
maadwo
  
Arratsalde on
  
Good Afternoon
maaha
  
Arratsalde on
  
Good Morning
maakye
  
Egun on
  
Please
wae
  
Mesedez
  
Sorry
Kafra
  
Barkatu
  
Bye
bye
  
Agur
  
I Love You
Me doכ wo
  
Maite zaitut
  
Excuse Me
mepa wo kyɛw
  
Barkatu
  
Dialect 1
Asante
  
Navarro-Lapurdian
  
Where They Speak
Ghana
  
France
  
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00
  
13
Dialect 2
Akuapem
  
Souletin
  
Where They Speak
Ghana
  
France, Soule, Spain
  
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00
  
10
Dialect 3
Fante
  
Biscayan
  
Where They Speak
Ghana
  
Spain
  
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00
  
15
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
11.00 million
  
99+
7.20 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
11.00 million
  
99+
7.20 million
  
99+
Native Name
Akan
  
Not available
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense
  
French Name
akan
  
basque
  
German Name
Akan-Sprache
  
Baskisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Akan people
  
Basque people
  
Origin
15
  
c. 1000
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Vasconic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian
  
Standard Forms
Akan
  
Basque
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
ak
  
eu
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
aka
  
eus
  
ISO 639 2/B
aka
  
baq
  
ISO 639 3
aka
  
eus
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
akan1251
  
basq1248
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
40-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative
  
Akan and Basque Language History
Comparison of Akan vs Basque language history gives us differences between origin of Akan and Basque language. History of Akan language states that this language originated in 15 whereas history of Basque language states that this language originated in c. 1000. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Akan and Basque Language History.
Akan 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 Akan and Basque greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Akan and Basque language. Akan word for "Hello" is ete-sen or Basque word for "Thank You" is Eskerrik asko. Find more of such common Akan Greetings and Basque Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Akan vs Basque Difficulty
The Akan vs Basque difficulty level basically depends on the number of Akan 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 Akan and Basque are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Akan and Basque, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Akan is 44 weeks while to learn Basque time required is 88 weeks.