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