Countries
Ghana, Ivory coast
  
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
  
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
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Chinese and Japanese languages
  
Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Korean-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Hangul
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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)
  
Dialect 1
Asante
  
Jeju
  
Where They Speak
Ghana
  
South Korea
  
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00
  
13
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
  
How Many People Speak?
11.00 million
  
99+
77.00 million
  
22
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
  
Origin
15
  
Before 1st century
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Koreanic Family
  
Subgroup
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Branch
Not Available
  
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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
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Korean Sign Language
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.