Countries
South Africa
  
Ghana, Ivory coast
  
National Language
South Africa
  
Ghana
  
Second Language
Namibia, South Africa
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  
Benin, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
  
Akan Orthography Committee
  
Interesting Facts
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
  
- 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
Dutch Language
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Dutch Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Akan-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
hallo
  
ete-sen
  
Thank You
Dankie
  
meda ase
  
How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit
  
wo ho te sɛn?
  
Good Night
goeie nag
  
maadwo
  
Good Evening
Goeienaand
  
maadwo
  
Good Afternoon
Goeie middag
  
maaha
  
Good Morning
goeie more
  
maakye
  
Please
asseblief
  
wae
  
Sorry
jammer
  
Kafra
  
Bye
Not Available
  
bye
  
I Love You
Ek het jou lief
  
Me doכ wo
  
Excuse Me
Verskoon my
  
mepa wo kyɛw
  
Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans
  
Asante
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Ghana
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
9,000,000.00
  
13
Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
  
Akuapem
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Ghana
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
9,000,000.00
  
10
Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
  
Fante
  
Where They Speak
Namibia
  
Ghana
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,900,000.00
  
15
How Many People Speak?
19.00 million
  
99+
11.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
7.10 million
  
99+
11.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
10.30 million
  
22
Not Available
  
Native Name
Afrikaans
  
Akan
  
Alternative Names
Cape Dutch
  
Not Available
  
French Name
afrikaans
  
akan
  
German Name
Afrikaans
  
Akan-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Afrikaners
  
Akan people
  
Origin
17th Century
  
15
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Germanic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Western
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
  
Akan
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
af
  
ak
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
afr
  
aka
  
ISO 639 2/B
afr
  
aka
  
ISO 639 3
afr
  
aka
  
ISO 639 6
afrs
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
afri1274
  
akan1251
  
Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
  
Not Available
  
Afrikaans 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 Afrikaans and Akan greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Afrikaans and Akan language. Afrikaans word for "Hello" is hallo or Akan word for "Thank You" is meda ase. Find more of such common Afrikaans Greetings and Akan Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Afrikaans vs Akan Difficulty
The Afrikaans vs Akan difficulty level basically depends on the number of Afrikaans 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 Afrikaans and Akan are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Afrikaans and Akan, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Afrikaans is 24 weeks while to learn Akan time required is 44 weeks.