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
  
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.
  
- The earliest literature in Oriya was traced in 7th to 9th centuries.
- Since Odia is having a long literary history and has not borrowed largely from other languages, it is the 6th classical language in India.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Bengali and Assamese
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Akan-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Oriya-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ete-sen
  
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)
  
Thank You
meda ase
  
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)
  
How Are You?
wo ho te sɛn?
  
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
  
Good Night
maadwo
  
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
  
Good Evening
maadwo
  
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
  
Good Afternoon
maaha
  
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
  
Good Morning
maakye
  
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
  
Please
wae
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
Kafra
  
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
  
Bye
bye
  
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
  
I Love You
Me doכ wo
  
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
  
Excuse Me
mepa wo kyɛw
  
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
  
Dialect 1
Asante
  
Baleswari
  
Where They Speak
Ghana
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00
  
13
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Akuapem
  
Ganjami
  
Where They Speak
Ghana
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00
  
10
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Fante
  
Kosli
  
Where They Speak
Ghana
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00
  
15
How Many People Speak?
11.00 million
  
99+
33.00 million
  
34
Native Speakers
11.00 million
  
99+
33.00 million
  
28
Native Name
Akan
  
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
  
French Name
akan
  
oriya
  
German Name
Akan-Sprache
  
Oriya-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ˈoɽia]
  
Ethnicity
Akan people
  
Odias
  
Origin
15
  
3 BC
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Akan
  
Standard Odia
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Indian Signing System
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
ak
  
or
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
aka
  
ori
  
ISO 639 2/B
aka
  
ori
  
ISO 639 3
aka
  
ori
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
akan1251
  
macr1269
  
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 Oriya 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 Oriya greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Akan and Oriya language. Akan word for "Hello" is ete-sen or Oriya word for "Thank You" is ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad). Find more of such common Akan Greetings and Oriya Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Akan vs Oriya Difficulty
The Akan vs Oriya difficulty level basically depends on the number of Akan Alphabets and Oriya 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 Oriya are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Akan and Oriya, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Akan is 44 weeks while to learn Oriya time required is 44 weeks.