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Akan vs Kazakh


Kazakh vs Akan


Countries

Countries
Ghana, Ivory coast   
China, Kazakhstan, Russia   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
3   
12

National Language
Ghana   
Gambia, Kazakhstan   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Benin, United States of America   
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   

Regulated By
Akan Orthography Committee   
Kazakh language agency   

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.
  
  • The Kazakh language can be written using a variety of scripts.
  • Kazakh Language contains many words from Russian, Arabic, Mongol, Persian and other Turkic languages.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Turkish and Uzbek Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21   
3
24   
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
5   
2

How Many Consonants
16   
6
17   
7

Scripts
Latin   
Arabic, Cyrillic   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
ete-sen   
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)   

Thank You
meda ase   
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)   

How Are You?
wo ho te sɛn?   
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)   

Good Night
maadwo   
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)   

Good Evening
maadwo   
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)   

Good Afternoon
maaha   
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)   

Good Morning
maakye   
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)   

Please
wae   
өтінемін (ötinemin)   

Sorry
Kafra   
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)   

Bye
bye   
bye   

I Love You
Me doכ wo   
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)   

Excuse Me
mepa wo kyɛw   
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Asante   
Northeastern Kazakh   

Where They Speak
Ghana   
Kazakhstan   

How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00   
13
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Akuapem   
Southern Kazakh   

Where They Speak
Ghana   
Kazakhstan   

How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00   
10
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Fante   
Western Kazakh   

Where They Speak
Ghana   
Kazakhstan   

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

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.17 %   
99+
0.17 %   
99+

Native Speakers
11.00 million   
99+
11.00 million   
99+

Native Name
Akan   
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq   

French Name
akan   
kazakh   

German Name
Akan-Sprache   
Kasachisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]   

Ethnicity
Akan people   
Kazahks   

History

Origin
15   
17th Century   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Turkic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Turkic   

Branch
Not Available   
Northwestern (Kipchak)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Akan   
Kazakh   

Language Position
104   
99+
93   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ak   
kk   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
aka   
kaz   

ISO 639 2/B
aka   
kaz   

ISO 639 3
aka   
kaz   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
akan1251   
kaza1248   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Agglutinative   

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Akan and Kazakh Language History

Comparison of Akan vs Kazakh language history gives us differences between origin of Akan and Kazakh language. History of Akan language states that this language originated in 15 whereas history of Kazakh language states that this language originated in 17th 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 Kazakh Language History.

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

Akan vs Kazakh Difficulty

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

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