Countries
Ghana, Ivory coast
  
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
National Language
Ghana
  
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Benin, United States of America
  
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
  
Regulated By
Akan Orthography Committee
  
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
  
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.
  
- Albanian Language has adopted words from Latin, Greek, Turkish, Italian and Slavic languages.
- 74% Albanian people are atheist, they never go to church or mosque.
Similar To
Not Available
  
Romanian
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Akan-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Albanian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ete-sen
  
Përshëndetje
  
Thank You
meda ase
  
Ju faleminderit
  
How Are You?
wo ho te sɛn?
  
Si jeni?
  
Good Night
maadwo
  
natën e mirë
  
Good Evening
maadwo
  
mirëmbrëma
  
Good Afternoon
maaha
  
mirëdita
  
Good Morning
maakye
  
mirëmengjes
  
Please
wae
  
Ju lutem
  
Sorry
Kafra
  
Me fal
  
Bye
bye
  
mirupafshim
  
I Love You
Me doכ wo
  
unë e dua ju
  
Excuse Me
mepa wo kyɛw
  
Më falni
  
Dialect 1
Asante
  
Gheg Albanian
  
Where They Speak
Ghana
  
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
  
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00
  
13
3,400,000.00
  
20
Dialect 2
Akuapem
  
Tosk Albanian
  
Where They Speak
Ghana
  
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00
  
10
1,800,000.00
  
20
Dialect 3
Fante
  
Arbëresh
  
Where They Speak
Ghana
  
Italy
  
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00
  
15
How Many People Speak?
11.00 million
  
99+
7.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
11.00 million
  
99+
3.10 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
3.60 million
  
31
Native Name
Akan
  
shqip / gjuha shqipe
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
French Name
akan
  
albanais
  
German Name
Akan-Sprache
  
Albanisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ʃcip]
  
Ethnicity
Akan people
  
Albanians
  
Origin
15
  
1462 AD
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Albanian
  
Standard Forms
Akan
  
Standard Albanian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ak
  
sq
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
aka
  
sqi
  
ISO 639 2/B
aka
  
alb
  
ISO 639 3
aka
  
sqi
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
akan1251
  
alba1267
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
55-AAA-aaa
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic
  
All Akan and Albanian 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 Akan and Albanian dialects. Various dialects of Akan and Albanian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Akan are spoken in different Akan Speaking Countries whereas Albanian Dialects are spoken in different Albanian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Akan vs Albanian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Akan dialects include: Asante, Akuapem. Albanian dialects include: Gheg Albanian , Tosk Albanian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Akan and Albanian Speaking population
Akan and Albanian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Akan and Albanian languages can be compared. The total count of Akan and Albanian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Akan language is 0.17 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Albanian language is Not Available. 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 Akan and Albanian on Akan vs Albanian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Akan and Albanian Language Codes
Akan and Albanian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Akan and Albanian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.