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Akan vs Cebuano


Cebuano vs Akan


Countries

Countries
Ghana, Ivory coast  
Philippines  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Ghana  
Philippines  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Philippines  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia  

Minority Language
Benin, United States of America  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Akan Orthography Committee  
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters  

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.
  
  • About one-fifth of the population of the philippines speak cebuano and are second largest ethnolinguistic group in the country.
  • Cebuano contains many words of Spanish origin.
  

Similar To
Not Available  
Hiligaynon Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Island of Cebu  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21  
3
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
5  
2

How Many Consonants
16  
6
16  
6

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
3 weeks  
1

Greetings

Hello
ete-sen  
Hoy  

Thank You
meda ase  
Salamat  

How Are You?
wo ho te sɛn?  
Kumusta man ka?  

Good Night
maadwo  
Maayong Gabii  

Good Evening
maadwo  
Maayong Gabii  

Good Afternoon
maaha  
Maayong Hapon  

Good Morning
maakye  
Maayong Buntag  

Please
wae  
Palihug  

Sorry
Kafra  
Ikasubo ko  

Bye
bye  
Babay  

I Love You
Me doכ wo  
Gihigugma ko ikaw  

Excuse Me
mepa wo kyɛw  
Ekskyus mi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Asante  
Boholano  

Where They Speak
Ghana  
Bohol  

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

Dialect 2
Akuapem  
Southern Kana  

Where They Speak
Ghana  
southern Leyte  

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

Dialect 3
Fante  
North Kana  

Where They Speak
Ghana  
northern part of Leyte  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
11.00 million  
99+
Not Available  

Speaking Population
0.17 %  
99+
0.32 %  
38

Native Speakers
11.00 million  
99+
21.00 million  
36

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
14.50 million  
19

Native Name
Akan  
Visayan  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan  

French Name
akan  
cebuano  

German Name
Akan-Sprache  
Cebuano  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Akan people  
Cebuano people  

History

Origin
15  
16th century  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Akan  
Standard Cebuano  

Language Position
104  
99+
62  
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ak  
No data Available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
aka  
ceb  

ISO 639 2/B
aka  
ceb  

ISO 639 3
aka  
ceb  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
akan1251  
cebu1242  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Verb-Subject-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

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Akan and Cebuano Language History

Comparison of Akan vs Cebuano language history gives us differences between origin of Akan and Cebuano language. History of Akan language states that this language originated in 15 whereas history of Cebuano language states that this language originated in 16th 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 Cebuano Language History.

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

Akan vs Cebuano Difficulty

The Akan vs Cebuano difficulty level basically depends on the number of Akan Alphabets and Cebuano 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 Cebuano are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Akan and Cebuano, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Akan is 44 weeks while to learn Cebuano time required is 3 weeks.

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