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Akan vs Bosnian


Bosnian vs Akan


Countries

Countries
Ghana, Ivory coast   
Bosnia and Herzegovina   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

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
Not Available   
Serbian and Croatian   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21   
3
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
5   
2

How Many Consonants
16   
6
25   
15

Scripts
Latin   
Cyrillic, Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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   

Dialects

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
660,000.00   
28

Dialect 3
Fante   
Kajkavian   

Where They Speak
Ghana   
Croatia   

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

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
6   
6

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.17 %   
99+
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   

History

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
104   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

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   
part of 53-AAA-g   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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Akan and Bosnian Language History

Comparison of Akan vs Bosnian language history gives us differences between origin of Akan and Bosnian language. History of Akan language states that this language originated in 15 whereas history of Bosnian language states that this language originated in 19th 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 Bosnian Language History.

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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.

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