Countries
Ghana, Ivory coast
  
Afganistan
  
National Language
Ghana
  
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
  
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
  
Pakistan
  
Regulated By
Akan Orthography Committee
  
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
  
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.
  
- Pashto language is originated in the regions of Paktika and Paktia areas of Afghanistan.
- The first Pashto poem was written in the 7th century.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Persian and Balochi Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Pashto-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ete-sen
  
(salaam) سلام
  
Thank You
meda ase
  
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
  
How Are You?
wo ho te sɛn?
  
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
  
Good Night
maadwo
  
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
  
Good Evening
maadwo
  
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
  
Good Afternoon
maaha
  
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
  
Good Morning
maakye
  
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
  
Please
wae
  
(lotfan) لطفا
  
Sorry
Kafra
  
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
  
Bye
bye
  
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
  
I Love You
Me doכ wo
  
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
  
Excuse Me
mepa wo kyɛw
  
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
  
Dialect 1
Asante
  
Central Pashto
  
Where They Speak
Ghana
  
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00
  
13
6,500,000.00
  
14
Dialect 2
Akuapem
  
Northern Pashto
  
Where They Speak
Ghana
  
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00
  
10
21,000,000.00
  
4
Dialect 3
Fante
  
Wanetsi
  
Where They Speak
Ghana
  
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00
  
15
How Many People Speak?
11.00 million
  
99+
60.00 million
  
27
Native Speakers
11.00 million
  
99+
60.00 million
  
20
Native Name
Akan
  
(paṧto) پښتو
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
  
French Name
akan
  
pachto
  
German Name
Akan-Sprache
  
Paschtu
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
  
Ethnicity
Akan people
  
Pashtun
  
Origin
15
  
1651
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Iranian
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Akan
  
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ak
  
ps
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
aka
  
pus
  
ISO 639 2/B
aka
  
pus
  
ISO 639 3
aka
  
pus
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
akan1251
  
pash1269
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
58-ABD-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional
  
Akan and Pashto 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 Pashto greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Akan and Pashto language. Akan word for "Hello" is ete-sen or Pashto word for "Thank You" is (manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر. Find more of such common Akan Greetings and Pashto Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Akan vs Pashto Difficulty
The Akan vs Pashto difficulty level basically depends on the number of Akan Alphabets and Pashto 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 Pashto are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Akan and Pashto, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Akan is 44 weeks while to learn Pashto time required is 44 weeks.