Countries
Ghana, Ivory coast
  
Nigeria
  
National Language
Ghana
  
Gambia, Nigeria
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Nigeria
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Benin, United States of America
  
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo
  
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.
  
- Hausa language is the most important and the best known of the Chadic branch.
- There are about one-fourth of Hausa words come from Arabic.
  
Similar To
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Derived From
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Alphabets in
Akan-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Hausa-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ete-sen
  
sannu
  
Thank You
meda ase
  
gode ku
  
How Are You?
wo ho te sɛn?
  
yaya dai
  
Good Night
maadwo
  
mai kyau dare
  
Good Evening
maadwo
  
barka da yamma
  
Good Afternoon
maaha
  
barka da rana
  
Good Morning
maakye
  
mai kyau safe
  
Please
wae
  
Don Allah
  
Sorry
Kafra
  
yi hakuri
  
Bye
bye
  
sai anjima
  
I Love You
Me doכ wo
  
Ina son ku
  
Excuse Me
mepa wo kyɛw
  
gafara dai
  
Dialect 1
Asante
  
Gaananci
  
Where They Speak
Ghana
  
Ghana
  
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00
  
13
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Akuapem
  
Kurhwayanci
  
Where They Speak
Ghana
  
Niger
  
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00
  
10
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Fante
  
Daragaram
  
Where They Speak
Ghana
  
Niger
  
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00
  
15
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
11.00 million
  
99+
50.00 million
  
28
Native Speakers
11.00 million
  
99+
35.00 million
  
27
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
15.00 million
  
18
Native Name
Akan
  
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa
  
French Name
akan
  
haoussa
  
German Name
Akan-Sprache
  
Haussa-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
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Ethnicity
Akan people
  
Hausa–Fulani people
  
Origin
15
  
14
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Chadic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
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Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Akan
  
Hausa
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
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Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ak
  
ha
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
aka
  
hau
  
ISO 639 2/B
aka
  
hau
  
ISO 639 3
aka
  
hau
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
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Glottocode
akan1251
  
haus1257
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
19-HAA-b
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
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Fusional
  
Akan and Hausa 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 Hausa greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Akan and Hausa language. Akan word for "Hello" is ete-sen or Hausa word for "Thank You" is gode ku. Find more of such common Akan Greetings and Hausa Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Akan vs Hausa Difficulty
The Akan vs Hausa difficulty level basically depends on the number of Akan Alphabets and Hausa 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 Hausa are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Akan and Hausa, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Akan is 44 weeks while to learn Hausa time required is 44 weeks.