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Akan vs Konkani


Konkani vs Akan


Countries

Countries
Ghana, Ivory coast  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

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

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

Alphabets
21  
3
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
16  
13

How Many Consonants
16  
6
36  
26

Scripts
Latin  
Devanagari  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
4 weeks  
2

Greetings

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  

Dialects

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  

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
1  
1

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.17 %  
99+
0.11 %  
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  

History

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
104  
99+
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

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  

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Akan and Konkani Language History

Comparison of Akan vs Konkani language history gives us differences between origin of Akan and Konkani language. History of Akan language states that this language originated in 15 whereas history of Konkani language states that this language originated in 1209 A.D.. 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 Konkani Language History.

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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.

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