Countries
Ghana, Ivory coast
  
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
  
National Language
Ghana
  
Portugal
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
United States of America
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
  
Minority Language
Benin, United States of America
  
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Akan Orthography Committee
  
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
  
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.
  
- Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
- The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Spanish and Galician Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Akan-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Portuguese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ete-sen
  
Olá
  
Thank You
meda ase
  
obrigado
  
How Are You?
wo ho te sɛn?
  
Como você está?
  
Good Night
maadwo
  
boa noite
  
Good Evening
maadwo
  
boa Noite
  
Good Afternoon
maaha
  
boa Tarde
  
Good Morning
maakye
  
bom Dia
  
Please
wae
  
Por Favor
  
Sorry
Kafra
  
pesaroso
  
Bye
bye
  
tchau
  
I Love You
Me doכ wo
  
Eu te amo
  
Excuse Me
mepa wo kyɛw
  
desculpe me
  
Dialect 1
Asante
  
Brazilian Portuguese
  
Where They Speak
Ghana
  
Brazil
  
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00
  
13
204,000,000.00
  
4
Dialect 2
Akuapem
  
European Portuguese
  
Where They Speak
Ghana
  
Portugal
  
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00
  
10
10,000,000.00
  
9
Dialect 3
Fante
  
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
  
Where They Speak
Ghana
  
Daman and Diu
  
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00
  
15
How Many People Speak?
11.00 million
  
99+
231.00 million
  
7
Native Speakers
11.00 million
  
99+
216.00 million
  
5
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
15.00 million
  
18
Native Name
Akan
  
Português
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Português
  
French Name
akan
  
portugais
  
German Name
Akan-Sprache
  
Portugiesisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
  
Ethnicity
Akan people
  
Portuguese people or portugueses
  
Origin
15
  
3rd Century
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Romance
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Medieval Galician
  
Standard Forms
Akan
  
Portuguese
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Portuguese
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ak
  
pt
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
aka
  
por
  
ISO 639 2/B
aka
  
por
  
ISO 639 3
aka
  
por
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
akan1251
  
port1283
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
51-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Akan and Portuguese 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 Portuguese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Akan and Portuguese language. Akan word for "Hello" is ete-sen or Portuguese word for "Thank You" is obrigado. Find more of such common Akan Greetings and Portuguese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Akan vs Portuguese Difficulty
The Akan vs Portuguese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Akan Alphabets and Portuguese 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 Portuguese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Akan and Portuguese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Akan is 44 weeks while to learn Portuguese time required is 24 weeks.