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Basque and Akan


Akan and 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  
Ewe and Ga-Dangme Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

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
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
19
44 weeks  
17

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  
39

Dialect 2
Souletin  
Akuapem  

Where They Speak
France, Soule, Spain  
Ghana  

How Many People Speak
8,700.00  
99+
9,000,000.00  
38

Dialect 3
Biscayan  
Fante  

Where They Speak
Spain  
Ghana  

How Many People Speak
750,000.00  
99+
1,900,000.00  
99+

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
0.12 %  
99+
0.17 %  
99+

Native Speakers
7.20 million  
99+
11.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
0.70 million  
99+
21.00 million  
29

Native Name
Euskara  
Akan  

Alternative Names
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense  
Twi, Fante  

French Name
basque  
akan  

German Name
Baskisch  
Akan-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[bɑːsk]  
[ˈaːkã]  

Ethnicity
Basque people  
Akan people  

History

Origin
c. 1000  
15  

Language Family
Vasconic Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Basque  
Akan  

Language Position
30  
28
104  
99+

Signed Forms
Basque Sign Language  
Akan Sign Language  

Scope
-  
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
eus  
aka  

Glottocode
basq1248  
akan1251  

Linguasphere
40-AAA-a  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
-  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
-  

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All Basque and Akan Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Basque and Akan dialects. Various dialects of Basque and Akan language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Basque are spoken in different Basque Speaking Countries whereas Akan Dialects are spoken in different Akan speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Basque vs Akan Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Basque dialects include: Navarro-Lapurdian, Souletin. Akan dialects include: Asante , Akuapem. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Basque and Akan Speaking population

Basque and Akan speaking population is one of the factors based on which Basque and Akan languages can be compared. The total count of Basque and Akan Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Basque language is 0.12 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Akan language is 0.17 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Basque and Akan on Basque vs Akan where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Basque and Akan Language Codes

Basque and Akan language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Basque and Akan Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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