Countries
Ghana, Ivory coast
  
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
  
National Language
Ghana
  
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Benin, United States of America
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Akan Orthography Committee
  
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
  
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.
  
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
Similar To
Not Available
  
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Arabic Language
  
Alphabets in
Akan-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ete-sen
  
Habari
  
Thank You
meda ase
  
Asante
  
How Are You?
wo ho te sɛn?
  
Habari gani?
  
Good Night
maadwo
  
Usiku mwema
  
Good Evening
maadwo
  
Habari za jioni
  
Good Afternoon
maaha
  
nzuri Alasiri
  
Good Morning
maakye
  
Habari za asubuhi
  
Please
wae
  
tafadhali
  
Sorry
Kafra
  
pole
  
Bye
bye
  
bye
  
I Love You
Me doכ wo
  
nakupenda
  
Excuse Me
mepa wo kyɛw
  
Samahani
  
Dialect 1
Asante
  
Kiunguja
  
Where They Speak
Ghana
  
Zanzibar island
  
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00
  
13
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Akuapem
  
Kimrima
  
Where They Speak
Ghana
  
Dar es Salaam
  
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00
  
10
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Fante
  
Kimgao
  
Where They Speak
Ghana
  
Kilwa
  
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00
  
15
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
11.00 million
  
99+
150.00 million
  
13
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
11.00 million
  
99+
15.00 million
  
40
Native Name
Akan
  
Not Available
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
  
French Name
akan
  
swahili
  
German Name
Akan-Sprache
  
Swahili
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Akan people
  
Swahili people or Waswahili
  
Origin
15
  
6th century
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Benue-Congo
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Bantu
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Akan
  
Swahili
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
ak
  
sw
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
aka
  
swa
  
ISO 639 2/B
aka
  
swa
  
ISO 639 3
aka
  
swa
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
akan1251
  
swah1254
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
99-AUS-m
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Akan and Swahili 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 Swahili greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Akan and Swahili language. Akan word for "Hello" is ete-sen or Swahili word for "Thank You" is Asante. Find more of such common Akan Greetings and Swahili Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Akan vs Swahili Difficulty
The Akan vs Swahili difficulty level basically depends on the number of Akan Alphabets and Swahili 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 Swahili are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Akan and Swahili, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Akan is 44 weeks while to learn Swahili time required is 36 weeks.