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Basque vs Akan


Akan vs Basque


Countries

Countries
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre  
Ghana, Ivory coast  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

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  
Not Available  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Basque-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Akan-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
27  
9
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
10  
7

How Many Consonants
21  
11
16  
6

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

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  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Navarro-Lapurdian  
Asante  

Where They Speak
France  
Ghana  

How Many People Speak
68,000.00  
99+
9,000,000.00  
13

Dialect 2
Souletin  
Akuapem  

Where They Speak
France, Soule, Spain  
Ghana  

How Many People Speak
8,700.00  
99+
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

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.20 million  
99+
11.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.17 %  
99+

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  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Basque people  
Akan people  

History

Origin
c. 1000  
15  

Language Family
Vasconic Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Basque  
Akan  

Language Position
Not Available  
104  
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Not Available  
Macrolanguage  

Code

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  
Not Available  

Glottocode
basq1248  
akan1251  

Linguasphere
40-AAA-a  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Not Available  

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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.

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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.

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