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Akan vs Italian


Italian vs Akan


Countries

Countries
Ghana, Ivory coast   
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
7   
8

National Language
Ghana   
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Europe   

Minority Language
Benin, United States of America   
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia   

Regulated By
Akan Orthography Committee   
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)   

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.
  
  • One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
  • Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
French and Portuguese Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21   
3
21   
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
5   
2

How Many Consonants
16   
6
16   
6

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
ete-sen   
ciao   

Thank You
meda ase   
grazie   

How Are You?
wo ho te sɛn?   
Come stai?   

Good Night
maadwo   
buonanotte   

Good Evening
maadwo   
buonasera   

Good Afternoon
maaha   
buon pomeriggio   

Good Morning
maakye   
buongiorno   

Please
wae   
Per Favore   

Sorry
Kafra   
scusate   

Bye
bye   
arrivederci   

I Love You
Me doכ wo   
Ti amo   

Excuse Me
mepa wo kyɛw   
Scusami   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Asante   
Romanesco   

Where They Speak
Ghana   
Lazio   

How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00   
13
3,000,000.00   
21

Dialect 2
Akuapem   
Central Italian   

Where They Speak
Ghana   
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria   

How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00   
10
5,000,000.00   
14

Dialect 3
Fante   
Tuscan   

Where They Speak
Ghana   
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria   

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

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
15   
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
11.00 million   
99+
78.00 million   
21

Speaking Population
0.17 %   
99+
0.90 %   
22

Native Speakers
11.00 million   
99+
64.00 million   
18

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
14.00 million   
20

Native Name
Akan   
Italiano   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Italiano   

French Name
akan   
italien   

German Name
Akan-Sprache   
Italienisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[itaˈljaːno]   

Ethnicity
Akan people   
Italians   

History

Origin
15   
960 BC   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Romance   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Akan   
Italian   

Language Position
104   
99+
27   
23

Signed Forms
Not Available   
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ak   
it   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
aka   
ita   

ISO 639 2/B
aka   
ita   

ISO 639 3
aka   
ita   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
itas   

Glottocode
akan1251   
ital1282   

Linguasphere
No data available   
51-AAA-q   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Akan and Italian Language History

Comparison of Akan vs Italian language history gives us differences between origin of Akan and Italian language. History of Akan language states that this language originated in 15 whereas history of Italian language states that this language originated in 960 BC. 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 Italian Language History.

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Akan and Italian 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 Italian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Akan and Italian language. Akan word for "Hello" is ete-sen or Italian word for "Thank You" is grazie. Find more of such common Akan Greetings and Italian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Akan vs Italian Difficulty

The Akan vs Italian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Akan Alphabets and Italian 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 Italian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Akan and Italian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Akan is 44 weeks while to learn Italian time required is 24 weeks.

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