Countries
Ghana, Ivory coast
  
Cambodia
  
National Language
Ghana
  
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam
  
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
  
Australia, France, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Akan Orthography Committee
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
- Khmer is not the tonal language.
- Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Lao Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Pali and Sanskrit Languages
  
Alphabets in
Akan-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Khmer-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Khmer
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ete-sen
  
ND
  
Thank You
meda ase
  
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)
  
How Are You?
wo ho te sɛn?
  
អ្នកសុខសប្បាយទេ
  
Good Night
maadwo
  
ND
  
Good Evening
maadwo
  
ND
  
Good Afternoon
maaha
  
ND
  
Good Morning
maakye
  
ND
  
Please
wae
  
ND
  
Sorry
Kafra
  
ND
  
Bye
bye
  
ND
  
I Love You
Me doכ wo
  
ND
  
Excuse Me
mepa wo kyɛw
  
ND
  
Dialect 1
Asante
  
Northern Khmer
  
Where They Speak
Ghana
  
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America
  
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00
  
13
1,400,000.00
  
26
Dialect 2
Akuapem
  
Khmer Krom
  
Where They Speak
Ghana
  
Vietnam
  
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00
  
10
1,200,000.00
  
24
Dialect 3
Fante
  
Western Khmer
  
Where They Speak
Ghana
  
Cambodia, Thailand
  
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00
  
15
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
11.00 million
  
99+
16.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
11.00 million
  
99+
13.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
Akan
  
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Cambodian, Khmer
  
French Name
akan
  
khmer central
  
German Name
Akan-Sprache
  
Kambodschanisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]
  
Ethnicity
Akan people
  
Khmer, Northern Khmer
  
Origin
15
  
14
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Austroasiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Proto-Khmer
  
Standard Forms
Akan
  
Modern Khmer
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ak
  
km
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
aka
  
khm
  
ISO 639 2/B
aka
  
khm
  
ISO 639 3
aka
  
khm
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
akan1251
  
khme1253
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
Not Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Analytic, Isolating
  
Akan and Khmer 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 Khmer greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Akan and Khmer language. Akan word for "Hello" is ete-sen or Khmer word for "Thank You" is សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak). Find more of such common Akan Greetings and Khmer Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Akan vs Khmer Difficulty
The Akan vs Khmer difficulty level basically depends on the number of Akan Alphabets and Khmer 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 Khmer are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Akan and Khmer, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Akan is 44 weeks while to learn Khmer time required is 44 weeks.