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Akan vs Afrikaans


Afrikaans vs Akan


Countries

Countries
Ghana, Ivory coast   
South Africa   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Ghana   
South Africa   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Namibia, South Africa   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Africa   

Minority Language
Benin, United States of America   
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe   

Regulated By
Akan Orthography Committee   
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee   

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.
  
  • Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
  • Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Dutch Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Dutch Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21   
3
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
15   
12

How Many Consonants
16   
6
17   
7

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
ete-sen   
hallo   

Thank You
meda ase   
Dankie   

How Are You?
wo ho te sɛn?   
Hoe gaan dit   

Good Night
maadwo   
goeie nag   

Good Evening
maadwo   
Goeienaand   

Good Afternoon
maaha   
Goeie middag   

Good Morning
maakye   
goeie more   

Please
wae   
asseblief   

Sorry
Kafra   
jammer   

Bye
bye   
Not Available   

I Love You
Me doכ wo   
Ek het jou lief   

Excuse Me
mepa wo kyɛw   
Verskoon my   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Asante   
Kaapse Afrikaans   

Where They Speak
Ghana   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00   
13
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Akuapem   
Oranjeriverafrikaans   

Where They Speak
Ghana   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00   
10
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Fante   
Baster Afrikaans   

Where They Speak
Ghana   
Namibia   

How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00   
15
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.17 %   
99+
Not Available   

Native Speakers
11.00 million   
99+
7.10 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
10.30 million   
22

Native Name
Akan   
Afrikaans   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Cape Dutch   

French Name
akan   
afrikaans   

German Name
Akan-Sprache   
Afrikaans   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]   

Ethnicity
Akan people   
Afrikaners   

History

Origin
15   
17th Century   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Germanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch   

Standard Forms
Akan   
Standard Afrikaans   

Language Position
104   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ak   
af   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
aka   
afr   

ISO 639 2/B
aka   
afr   

ISO 639 3
aka   
afr   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
afrs   

Glottocode
akan1251   
afri1274   

Linguasphere
No data available   
52-ACB-ba   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Analytic   

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Akan and Afrikaans Language History

Comparison of Akan vs Afrikaans language history gives us differences between origin of Akan and Afrikaans language. History of Akan language states that this language originated in 15 whereas history of Afrikaans language states that this language originated in 17th Century. 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 Akan and Afrikaans Language History.

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Akan and Afrikaans 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 Akan and Afrikaans greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Akan and Afrikaans language. Akan word for "Hello" is ete-sen or Afrikaans word for "Thank You" is Dankie. Find more of such common Akan Greetings and Afrikaans Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Akan vs Afrikaans Difficulty

The Akan vs Afrikaans difficulty level basically depends on the number of Akan Alphabets and Afrikaans 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 Akan and Afrikaans are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Akan and Afrikaans, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Akan is 44 weeks while to learn Afrikaans time required is 24 weeks.

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