Countries
Ghana, Ivory coast
  
India
  
National Language
Ghana
  
India
  
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
  
Govenment of Goa
  
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.
  
- Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
- Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Marathi
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Akan-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Kokani-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ete-sen
  
Namaskar
  
Thank You
meda ase
  
Dev Borem Korum
  
How Are You?
wo ho te sɛn?
  
kaso assa?
  
Good Night
maadwo
  
Rati Boren Zavonn
  
Good Evening
maadwo
  
Sanj Borem Zavonn
  
Good Afternoon
maaha
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
maakye
  
Dis Borem Zavonn
  
Please
wae
  
Chike
  
Sorry
Kafra
  
Maf kor
  
Bye
bye
  
Adeus
  
I Love You
Me doכ wo
  
hav tujo mog korta.
  
Excuse Me
mepa wo kyɛw
  
upkar korxi
  
Dialect 1
Asante
  
Antruz
  
Where They Speak
Ghana
  
Goa
  
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00
  
13
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Akuapem
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Ghana
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00
  
10
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Fante
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Ghana
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00
  
15
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
11.00 million
  
99+
7.40 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
11.00 million
  
99+
7.40 million
  
99+
Native Name
Akan
  
Kōṅkaṇī
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese
  
French Name
akan
  
konkani
  
German Name
Akan-Sprache
  
Konkani
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
kõkɳi
  
Ethnicity
Akan people
  
Konkanis
  
Origin
15
  
1209 A.D.
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Akan
  
Kokani
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
ak
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
aka
  
kok
  
ISO 639 2/B
aka
  
kok
  
ISO 639 3
aka
  
kok
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
akan1251
  
goan1235
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Akan and Konkani 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 Konkani greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Akan and Konkani language. Akan word for "Hello" is ete-sen or Konkani word for "Thank You" is Dev Borem Korum. Find more of such common Akan Greetings and Konkani Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Akan vs Konkani Difficulty
The Akan vs Konkani difficulty level basically depends on the number of Akan Alphabets and Konkani 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 Konkani are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Akan and Konkani, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Akan is 44 weeks while to learn Konkani time required is 4 weeks.