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Akan vs Ilocano


Ilocano 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   
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

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

Alphabets
21   
3
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
6   
3

How Many Consonants
16   
6
20   
10

Scripts
Latin   
Ilokano Braille, Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
Not Available   

Greetings

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   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Asante   
Balangao   

Where They Speak
Ghana   
Philippines   

How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00   
13
21,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Akuapem   
Bontoc   

Where They Speak
Ghana   
Philippines   

How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00   
10
41,000.00   
39

Dialect 3
Fante   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Ghana   
Not present   

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

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
2   
2

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
11.00 million   
99+
9.10 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.17 %   
99+
0.14 %   
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   

History

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   

Language Position
104   
99+
94   
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   
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   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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Akan and Ilocano Language History

Comparison of Akan vs Ilocano language history gives us differences between origin of Akan and Ilocano language. History of Akan language states that this language originated in 15 whereas history of Ilocano language states that this language originated in 18th 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 Ilocano Language History.

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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.

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