Countries
Ghana, Ivory coast
  
Fiji, India
  
National Language
Ghana
  
India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia, Oceania
  
Minority Language
Benin, United States of America
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Akan Orthography Committee
  
Central Hindi Directorate
  
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.
  
- In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
- In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Urdu
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ete-sen
  
नमस्ते (Namastē)
  
Thank You
meda ase
  
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
  
How Are You?
wo ho te sɛn?
  
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)
  
Good Night
maadwo
  
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)
  
Good Evening
maadwo
  
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)
  
Good Afternoon
maaha
  
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)
  
Good Morning
maakye
  
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)
  
Please
wae
  
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
  
Sorry
Kafra
  
खेद (Khēda)
  
Bye
bye
  
अलविदा (Alavidā)
  
I Love You
Me doכ wo
  
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)
  
Excuse Me
mepa wo kyɛw
  
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)
  
Dialect 1
Asante
  
Khariboli
  
Where They Speak
Ghana
  
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh
  
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00
  
13
240,000,000.00
  
2
Dialect 2
Akuapem
  
Marwari
  
Where They Speak
Ghana
  
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh
  
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00
  
10
22,000,000.00
  
3
Dialect 3
Fante
  
Bundeli
  
Where They Speak
Ghana
  
Bundelkhand
  
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00
  
15
20,000,000.00
  
4
How Many People Speak?
11.00 million
  
99+
380.00 million
  
5
Native Speakers
11.00 million
  
99+
260.00 million
  
4
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
120.00 million
  
6
Native Name
Akan
  
हिन्दी
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli
  
French Name
akan
  
hindi
  
German Name
Akan-Sprache
  
Hindi
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]
  
Ethnicity
Akan people
  
Hindustani people
  
Origin
15
  
7th Century
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Akan
  
Standard Hindi
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Indian Signing System
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ak
  
hi
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
aka
  
hin
  
ISO 639 2/B
aka
  
hin
  
ISO 639 3
aka
  
hin
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
hins
  
Glottocode
akan1251
  
hind1269
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
59-AAF-qf
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Akan and Hindi 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 Hindi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Akan and Hindi language. Akan word for "Hello" is ete-sen or Hindi word for "Thank You" is धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda). Find more of such common Akan Greetings and Hindi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Akan vs Hindi Difficulty
The Akan vs Hindi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Akan Alphabets and Hindi 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 Hindi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Akan and Hindi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Akan is 44 weeks while to learn Hindi time required is 44 weeks.