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.
  
- Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
- Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Old German Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Prakrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Akan-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Sanskrit-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ete-sen
  
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)
  
Thank You
meda ase
  
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)
  
How Are You?
wo ho te sɛn?
  
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)
  
Good Night
maadwo
  
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)
  
Good Evening
maadwo
  
शुभः सायंकालः
  
Good Afternoon
maaha
  
शुभ दुपार
  
Good Morning
maakye
  
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)
  
Please
wae
  
कृपया (kripayā)
  
Sorry
Kafra
  
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
  
Bye
bye
  
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)
  
I Love You
Me doכ wo
  
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)
  
Excuse Me
mepa wo kyɛw
  
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
  
Dialect 1
Asante
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Ghana
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00
  
13
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Akuapem
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Ghana
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00
  
10
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Fante
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Ghana
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00
  
15
Not Available
  
Total No. Of Dialects
0
  
How Many People Speak?
11.00 million
  
99+
14.10 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
11.00 million
  
99+
14.10 million
  
99+
Native Name
Akan
  
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
French Name
akan
  
sanskrit
  
German Name
Akan-Sprache
  
Sanskrit
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[səmskr̩t̪əm]
  
Ethnicity
Akan people
  
Not Available
  
Origin
15
  
2000 B.C.
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Vedic Sanskrit
  
Standard Forms
Akan
  
Sanskrit
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ak
  
sa
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
aka
  
san
  
ISO 639 2/B
aka
  
san
  
ISO 639 3
aka
  
san
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
akan1251
  
sans1269
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Ancient
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic
  
Akan and Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Akan and Sanskrit language. Akan word for "Hello" is ete-sen or Sanskrit word for "Thank You" is धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh). Find more of such common Akan Greetings and Sanskrit Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Akan vs Sanskrit Difficulty
The Akan vs Sanskrit difficulty level basically depends on the number of Akan Alphabets and Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Akan and Sanskrit, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Akan is 44 weeks while to learn Sanskrit time required is 20 weeks.