Countries
Ghana, Ivory coast
  
Bosnia and Herzegovina
  
National Language
Ghana
  
Bosnia and Herzegovina
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Benin, United States of America
  
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
  
Regulated By
Akan Orthography Committee
  
University of Sarajevo
  
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.
  
- South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
- The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
  
Similar To
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Serbian and Croatian
  
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Akan-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Bosnian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Cyrillic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ete-sen
  
Zdravo
  
Thank You
meda ase
  
Hvala
  
How Are You?
wo ho te sɛn?
  
Kako si?
  
Good Night
maadwo
  
Laku noc
  
Good Evening
maadwo
  
Dobro veće
  
Good Afternoon
maaha
  
Dobar dan
  
Good Morning
maakye
  
Dobro jutro
  
Please
wae
  
molim vas
  
Sorry
Kafra
  
Oprostite
  
Bye
bye
  
Zbogom
  
I Love You
Me doכ wo
  
Volim te
  
Excuse Me
mepa wo kyɛw
  
Oprostite
  
Dialect 1
Asante
  
Shtokavian
  
Where They Speak
Ghana
  
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
  
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00
  
13
13,000,000.00
  
11
Dialect 2
Akuapem
  
Chakavian
  
Where They Speak
Ghana
  
Croatia
  
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00
  
10
Dialect 3
Fante
  
Kajkavian
  
Where They Speak
Ghana
  
Croatia
  
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00
  
15
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
11.00 million
  
99+
3.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
11.00 million
  
99+
3.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
Akan
  
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
French Name
akan
  
bosniaque
  
German Name
Akan-Sprache
  
Bosnisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[bɔ̌sanskiː]
  
Ethnicity
Akan people
  
Bosniaks
  
Origin
15
  
19th Century
  
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
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Akan
  
Bosnian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ak
  
bs
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
aka
  
bos
  
ISO 639 2/B
aka
  
bos
  
ISO 639 3
aka
  
bos
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
boss
  
Glottocode
akan1251
  
bosn1245
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
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Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
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Language Morphological Typology
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Akan and Bosnian 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 Bosnian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Akan and Bosnian language. Akan word for "Hello" is ete-sen or Bosnian word for "Thank You" is Hvala. Find more of such common Akan Greetings and Bosnian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Akan vs Bosnian Difficulty
The Akan vs Bosnian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Akan Alphabets and Bosnian 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 Bosnian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Akan and Bosnian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Akan is 44 weeks while to learn Bosnian time required is 44 weeks.