Countries
Ghana, Ivory coast
  
Thailand
  
National Language
Ghana
  
Thailand
  
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
  
Burma, Cambodia, Laos
  
Regulated By
Akan Orthography Committee
  
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)
  
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.
  
- Thai is tonal language and also it is very repetitive and exaggerative language.
- You should learn thai language with native speakers and not with books or recorders, since speaking and writing in thai are not the same.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Lao Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Khmer Language
  
Alphabets in
Akan-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Thai-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Thai
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ete-sen
  
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
  
Thank You
meda ase
  
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)
  
How Are You?
wo ho te sɛn?
  
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)
  
Good Night
maadwo
  
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)
  
Good Evening
maadwo
  
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
  
Good Afternoon
maaha
  
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)
  
Good Morning
maakye
  
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)
  
Please
wae
  
โปรด (Pord)
  
Sorry
Kafra
  
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
  
Bye
bye
  
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)
  
I Love You
Me doכ wo
  
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)
  
Excuse Me
mepa wo kyɛw
  
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
  
Dialect 1
Asante
  
Isan
  
Where They Speak
Ghana
  
Isan
  
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00
  
13
20,000,000.00
  
10
Dialect 2
Akuapem
  
Northern Thai
  
Where They Speak
Ghana
  
Northern Thailand
  
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00
  
10
6,000,000.00
  
13
Dialect 3
Fante
  
Southern Thai
  
Where They Speak
Ghana
  
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
  
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00
  
15
4,500,000.00
  
8
How Many People Speak?
11.00 million
  
99+
60.00 million
  
27
Native Speakers
11.00 million
  
99+
20.00 million
  
37
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
40.00 million
  
15
Native Name
Akan
  
ภาษาไทย
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
  
French Name
akan
  
thaï
  
German Name
Akan-Sprache
  
Thailändisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
  
Ethnicity
Akan people
  
Central Thai and Thai Chinese
  
Origin
15
  
1283 CE
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Tai-Kadai Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Tai
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Thai
  
Standard Forms
Akan
  
Thai
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Thai Sign Language
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ak
  
th
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
aka
  
tha
  
ISO 639 2/B
aka
  
tha
  
ISO 639 3
aka
  
tha
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
akan1251
  
thai1261
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
47-AAA-b
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Analytic, Isolating
  
Akan and Thai 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 Thai greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Akan and Thai language. Akan word for "Hello" is ete-sen or Thai word for "Thank You" is ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ). Find more of such common Akan Greetings and Thai Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Akan vs Thai Difficulty
The Akan vs Thai difficulty level basically depends on the number of Akan Alphabets and Thai 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 Thai are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Akan and Thai, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Akan is 44 weeks while to learn Thai time required is 44 weeks.