Countries
Ghana, Ivory coast
  
Philippines
  
National Language
Ghana
  
Philippines
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Benin, United States of America
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Akan Orthography Committee
  
Commission on the Filipino Language
  
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.
  
- Ilocano was originally written with Baybayin syllabary, then gradually it was replaced by Latin alphabet.
- Northwest Luzon is the original Ilocano homeland.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Tagalog, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Akan-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Ilocano-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Ilokano Braille, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
ete-sen
  
Kablaaw
  
Thank You
meda ase
  
Agyamanak
  
How Are You?
wo ho te sɛn?
  
Kumusta?
  
Good Night
maadwo
  
Naimbag a rabii
  
Good Evening
maadwo
  
Naimbag a sardam
  
Good Afternoon
maaha
  
Naimbag a malem
  
Good Morning
maakye
  
Naimbag a bigat
  
Please
wae
  
Not available
  
Sorry
Kafra
  
Agpakawanak
  
Bye
bye
  
Pakada
  
I Love You
Me doכ wo
  
Ayayatenka
  
Excuse Me
mepa wo kyɛw
  
Maawan-dayawen
  
Dialect 1
Asante
  
Balangao
  
Where They Speak
Ghana
  
Philippines
  
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00
  
13
Dialect 2
Akuapem
  
Bontoc
  
Where They Speak
Ghana
  
Philippines
  
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00
  
10
Dialect 3
Fante
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Ghana
  
Not present
  
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00
  
15
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
11.00 million
  
99+
9.10 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
11.00 million
  
99+
9.10 million
  
99+
Native Name
Akan
  
ilokano
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Ilokano, Iloko
  
French Name
akan
  
ilocano
  
German Name
Akan-Sprache
  
Ilokano-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Akan people
  
Ilocano people
  
Origin
15
  
18th 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
  
Modern Ilocano
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ak
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
aka
  
ilo
  
ISO 639 2/B
aka
  
ilo
  
ISO 639 3
aka
  
ilo
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
akan1251
  
ilok1237
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
31-CBA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
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Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
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Akan and Ilocano 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 Ilocano greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Akan and Ilocano language. Akan word for "Hello" is ete-sen or Ilocano word for "Thank You" is Agyamanak. Find more of such common Akan Greetings and Ilocano Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Akan vs Ilocano Difficulty
The Akan vs Ilocano difficulty level basically depends on the number of Akan Alphabets and Ilocano 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 Ilocano are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Akan and Ilocano, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Akan is 44 weeks while to learn Ilocano time required is Not Available.