Countries
Ghana, Ivory coast
  
Wales
  
National Language
Ghana
  
Wales
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Benin, United States of America
  
Argentina, United Kingdom
  
Regulated By
Akan Orthography Committee
  
Welsh Language Commissioner
  
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.
  
- One of the Celtic language still spoken with great numbers of speakers is Welsh language.
- Welsh was evolved from British , which was spoken by ancient Britons.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
English Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
British Language
  
Alphabets in
Akan-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Welsh-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ete-sen
  
Helô
  
Thank You
meda ase
  
Diolch
  
How Are You?
wo ho te sɛn?
  
Sut ydych chi?
  
Good Night
maadwo
  
Nos da
  
Good Evening
maadwo
  
Noswaith dda
  
Good Afternoon
maaha
  
P'nawn da
  
Good Morning
maakye
  
Bore da
  
Please
wae
  
os gwelwch yn dda
  
Sorry
Kafra
  
Mae'n ddrwg gennym
  
Bye
bye
  
Hwyl
  
I Love You
Me doכ wo
  
Dw i'n dy garu di
  
Excuse Me
mepa wo kyɛw
  
Esgusodwch fi
  
Dialect 1
Asante
  
Patagonian Welsh
  
Where They Speak
Ghana
  
Argentina
  
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00
  
13
Dialect 2
Akuapem
  
Y Wyndodeg
  
Where They Speak
Ghana
  
Gwynedd
  
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00
  
10
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Fante
  
Y Bowyseg
  
Where They Speak
Ghana
  
Powys
  
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00
  
15
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
11.00 million
  
99+
7.40 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
11.00 million
  
99+
7.40 million
  
99+
Native Name
Akan
  
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Cymraeg
  
French Name
akan
  
gallois
  
German Name
Akan-Sprache
  
Kymrisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]
  
Ethnicity
Akan people
  
Welsh people
  
Origin
15
  
9th Century
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Celtic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Brythonic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh
  
Standard Forms
Akan
  
Welsh
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ak
  
cy
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
aka
  
cym
  
ISO 639 2/B
aka
  
wel
  
ISO 639 3
aka
  
cym
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
akan1251
  
wels1247
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
50-ABA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Historical
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional
  
Akan and Welsh 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 Welsh greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Akan and Welsh language. Akan word for "Hello" is ete-sen or Welsh word for "Thank You" is Diolch. Find more of such common Akan Greetings and Welsh Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Akan vs Welsh Difficulty
The Akan vs Welsh difficulty level basically depends on the number of Akan Alphabets and Welsh 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 Welsh are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Akan and Welsh, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Akan is 44 weeks while to learn Welsh time required is 30 weeks.