Countries
Ghana, Ivory coast
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
National Language
Ghana
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Minority Language
Benin, United States of America
South Africa
Regulated By
Akan Orthography Committee
Not Available
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.
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
Similar To
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Derived From
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Latin
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
meda ase
Thank you
How Are You?
wo ho te sɛn?
How are you?
Good Night
maadwo
Good Night
Good Evening
maadwo
Good Evening
Good Afternoon
maaha
Good Afternoon
Good Morning
maakye
Good Morning
I Love You
Me doכ wo
I love you
Excuse Me
mepa wo kyɛw
Excuse Me
Dialect 1
Asante
American English
Where They Speak
Ghana
United States of America
Dialect 2
Akuapem
Hiberno-English
Where They Speak
Ghana
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
Dialect 3
Fante
Welsh English
Where They Speak
Ghana
United Kingdom
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Alternative Names
Not Available
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German Name
Akan-Sprache
Englisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
Ethnicity
Akan people
Not Available
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
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Branch
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Early Forms
No early forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
Standard Forms
Akan
Standard English
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed English
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
engs
Glottocode
akan1251
stan1293
Linguasphere
No data available
52-ABA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
Akan and English 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 English greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Akan and English language. Akan word for "Hello" is ete-sen or English word for "Thank You" is Thank you. Find more of such common Akan Greetings and English Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Akan vs English Difficulty
The Akan vs English difficulty level basically depends on the number of Akan Alphabets and English 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 English are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Akan and English, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Akan is 44 weeks while to learn English time required is 6 weeks.