Countries
Ghana, Ivory coast
  
Philippines
  
National Language
Ghana
  
Philippines
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Filipinos
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia, Australia
  
Minority Language
Benin, United States of America
  
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom
  
Regulated By
Akan Orthography Committee
  
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee
  
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.
  
- In 1593, "Doctrina Christiana" was first book written in two versions of Tagalog.
- The name "Tagalog" means "native to" and "river". "Tagalog"is derived from taga ilog, which means "inhabitants of the river".
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Akan-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Tagalog-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Baybayin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ete-sen
  
Kamusta
  
Thank You
meda ase
  
Salamat po
  
How Are You?
wo ho te sɛn?
  
Kamusta ka na?
  
Good Night
maadwo
  
Magandang gabi
  
Good Evening
maadwo
  
Magandang gabi po
  
Good Afternoon
maaha
  
Magandang hapon po
  
Good Morning
maakye
  
Magandang umaga po
  
Please
wae
  
pakiusap
  
Sorry
Kafra
  
pinagsisisihan
  
Bye
bye
  
Paálam
  
I Love You
Me doכ wo
  
Iniibig kita
  
Excuse Me
mepa wo kyɛw
  
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
  
Dialect 1
Asante
  
Batangas Tagalog
  
Where They Speak
Ghana
  
Batangas, Gabon
  
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00
  
13
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Akuapem
  
Bisalog
  
Where They Speak
Ghana
  
Philippines
  
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00
  
10
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Fante
  
Filipino
  
Where They Speak
Ghana
  
Philippines
  
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00
  
15
How Many People Speak?
11.00 million
  
99+
73.00 million
  
24
Native Speakers
11.00 million
  
99+
28.00 million
  
29
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
45.00 million
  
13
Native Name
Akan
  
Tagalog
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Filipino, Pilipino
  
French Name
akan
  
tagalog
  
German Name
Akan-Sprache
  
Tagalog
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
  
Ethnicity
Akan people
  
Tagalog people
  
Origin
15
  
1593
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indonesian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
  
Standard Forms
Akan
  
Filipino
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ak
  
t1
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
aka
  
tgl
  
ISO 639 2/B
aka
  
tgl
  
ISO 639 3
aka
  
tg1
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
akan1251
  
taga1269
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
31-CKA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Object-Verb-Subject, Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Object-Subject, Verb-Subject-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Akan and Tagalog 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 Tagalog greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Akan and Tagalog language. Akan word for "Hello" is ete-sen or Tagalog word for "Thank You" is Salamat po. Find more of such common Akan Greetings and Tagalog Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Akan vs Tagalog Difficulty
The Akan vs Tagalog difficulty level basically depends on the number of Akan Alphabets and Tagalog 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 Tagalog are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Akan and Tagalog, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Akan is 44 weeks while to learn Tagalog time required is 44 weeks.