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Akan vs Welsh


Welsh vs Akan


Countries

Countries
Ghana, Ivory coast   
Wales   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

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

Alphabets in
Akan-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Welsh-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
21   
3
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
7   
4

How Many Consonants
16   
6
21   
11

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

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   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Asante   
Patagonian Welsh   

Where They Speak
Ghana   
Argentina   

How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00   
13
38,000.00   
99+

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   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
8   
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
11.00 million   
99+
7.40 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.17 %   
99+
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   

History

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
104   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

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   

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Akan and Welsh Language History

Comparison of Akan vs Welsh language history gives us differences between origin of Akan and Welsh language. History of Akan language states that this language originated in 15 whereas history of Welsh language states that this language originated in 9th Century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Akan and Welsh Language History.

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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.

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