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Akan vs Portuguese


Portuguese vs Akan


Countries

Countries
Ghana, Ivory coast   
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
10   
6

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

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

Alphabets
21   
3
23   
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
9   
6

How Many Consonants
16   
6
19   
9

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

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   

Dialects

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
4,000.00   
36

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
26   
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
11.00 million   
99+
231.00 million   
7

Speaking Population
0.17 %   
99+
3.27 %   
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   

History

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   

Language Position
104   
99+
6   
6

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Portuguese   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

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   

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Akan and Portuguese Language History

Comparison of Akan vs Portuguese language history gives us differences between origin of Akan and Portuguese language. History of Akan language states that this language originated in 15 whereas history of Portuguese language states that this language originated in 3rd 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 Portuguese Language History.

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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.

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