Countries
Ghana, Ivory coast
  
European Union, Ireland
  
National Language
Ghana
  
Ireland
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Ireland
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Benin, United States of America
  
United Kingdom
  
Regulated By
Akan Orthography Committee
  
Foras na Gaeilge
  
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 Irish language, there are no exact words for "yes" or "no".
- There are different set of numbers for counting humans and another set for counting non-humans in Irish Language.
  
Similar To
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Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ete-sen
  
Dia dhuit
  
Thank You
meda ase
  
Go raibh maith agat
  
How Are You?
wo ho te sɛn?
  
Conas atá tú ?
  
Good Night
maadwo
  
Oíche mhaith
  
Good Evening
maadwo
  
Tráthnóna maith duit
  
Good Afternoon
maaha
  
Tráthnóna maith duit
  
Good Morning
maakye
  
Dia dhuit ar maidin
  
Please
wae
  
le do thoil
  
Sorry
Kafra
  
Tá brón orm
  
Bye
bye
  
Slán
  
I Love You
Me doכ wo
  
Is breá liom thú
  
Excuse Me
mepa wo kyɛw
  
Gabh mo leithscéal
  
Dialect 1
Asante
  
Connacht Irish
  
Where They Speak
Ghana
  
Connacht
  
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00
  
13
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Akuapem
  
Munster Irish
  
Where They Speak
Ghana
  
Munster
  
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00
  
10
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Fante
  
Ulster Irish
  
Where They Speak
Ghana
  
Ulster
  
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00
  
15
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
11.00 million
  
99+
1.79 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
11.00 million
  
99+
0.14 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
1.65 million
  
35
Native Name
Akan
  
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
  
French Name
akan
  
irlandais moyen
  
German Name
Akan-Sprache
  
Mittelirisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
  
Ethnicity
Akan people
  
Irish people
  
Origin
15
  
c. 750
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Celtic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Goidelic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
  
Standard Forms
Akan
  
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Irish Sign Language
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ak
  
ga
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
aka
  
gle
  
ISO 639 2/B
aka
  
gle
  
ISO 639 3
aka
  
gle
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
akan1251
  
iris1253
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
50-AAA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional
  
Akan and Irish 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 Irish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Akan and Irish language. Akan word for "Hello" is ete-sen or Irish word for "Thank You" is Go raibh maith agat. Find more of such common Akan Greetings and Irish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Akan vs Irish Difficulty
The Akan vs Irish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Akan Alphabets and Irish 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 Irish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Akan and Irish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Akan is 44 weeks while to learn Irish time required is 36 weeks.