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Akan vs Korean


Korean vs Akan


Countries

Countries
Ghana, Ivory coast   
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
5   
10

National Language
Ghana   
North Korea, South Korea   

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   
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America   

Regulated By
Akan Orthography Committee   
The National Institute of the Korean Language   

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.
  
  • Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
  • Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Chinese and Japanese languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21   
3
40   
21

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
21   
18

How Many Consonants
16   
6
19   
9

Scripts
Latin   
Hangul   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
ete-sen   
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)   

Thank You
meda ase   
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)   

How Are You?
wo ho te sɛn?   
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)   

Good Night
maadwo   
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)   

Good Evening
maadwo   
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)   

Good Afternoon
maaha   
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)   

Good Morning
maakye   
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)   

Please
wae   
하십시오 (hasibsio)   

Sorry
Kafra   
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)   

Bye
bye   
안녕 (annyeong)   

I Love You
Me doכ wo   
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)   

Excuse Me
mepa wo kyɛw   
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Asante   
Jeju   

Where They Speak
Ghana   
South Korea   

How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00   
13
10,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Akuapem   
Gyeongsang   

Where They Speak
Ghana   
South Korea   

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

Dialect 3
Fante   
Hamgyŏng   

Where They Speak
Ghana   
China, North Korea   

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

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
12   
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
11.00 million   
99+
77.00 million   
22

Speaking Population
0.17 %   
99+
1.14 %   
16

Native Speakers
11.00 million   
99+
77.00 million   
12

Native Name
Akan   
한국어 (조선말)   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh   

French Name
akan   
coréen   

German Name
Akan-Sprache   
Koreanisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Akan people   
Koreans   

History

Origin
15   
Before 1st century   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Koreanic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean   

Standard Forms
Akan   
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard   

Language Position
104   
99+
12   
11

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Korean Sign Language   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ak   
ko   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
aka   
kor   

ISO 639 2/B
aka   
kor   

ISO 639 3
aka   
Kor   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
akan1251   
kore1280   

Linguasphere
No data available   
45-AAA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Agglutinative   

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Akan and Korean Language History

Comparison of Akan vs Korean language history gives us differences between origin of Akan and Korean language. History of Akan language states that this language originated in 15 whereas history of Korean language states that this language originated in Before 1st 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 Korean Language History.

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

Akan vs Korean Difficulty

The Akan vs Korean difficulty level basically depends on the number of Akan Alphabets and Korean 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 Korean are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Akan and Korean, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Akan is 44 weeks while to learn Korean time required is 88 weeks.

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