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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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