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Akan and Albanian


Albanian and Akan


Countries

Countries
Ghana, Ivory coast   
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

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.
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Similar To
Not Available   
Romanian   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21   
3
36   
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
7   
4

How Many Consonants
16   
6
29   
19

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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   

Dialects

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
100,000.00   
28

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
4   
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.17 %   
99+
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   

History

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
104   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

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   

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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.

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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.

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