Countries
Ghana, Ivory coast
  
South Africa
  
National Language
Ghana
  
South Africa
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Benin, United States of America
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Akan Orthography Committee
  
Pan South African Language Board
  
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.
  
- The meaning of word "Zulu" means "Sky"and Zulu was the name of the ancestor who founded the Zulu royal line in about 1670.
- Zulu language has many loanwords borrowed from Afrikaans and English Languages.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Xhosa Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Akan-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Zulu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ete-sen
  
Sawubona
  
Thank You
meda ase
  
Ngiyabonga
  
How Are You?
wo ho te sɛn?
  
unjani
  
Good Night
maadwo
  
okuhle ebusuku
  
Good Evening
maadwo
  
okuhle kusihlwa
  
Good Afternoon
maaha
  
okuhle ntambama
  
Good Morning
maakye
  
okuhle ekuseni
  
Please
wae
  
Ngiyacela
  
Sorry
Kafra
  
Ngiyaxolisa
  
Bye
bye
  
bye
  
I Love You
Me doכ wo
  
Ngiyakuthanda wena
  
Excuse Me
mepa wo kyɛw
  
Uxolo
  
Dialect 1
Asante
  
Qwabe
  
Where They Speak
Ghana
  
Gabon, South Africa
  
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00
  
13
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Akuapem
  
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
  
Where They Speak
Ghana
  
Georgia, South Africa
  
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00
  
10
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Fante
  
Ndebele
  
Where They Speak
Ghana
  
Zimbabwe
  
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00
  
15
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
11.00 million
  
99+
30.00 million
  
36
Native Speakers
11.00 million
  
99+
12.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
16.00 million
  
17
Native Name
Akan
  
isiZulu
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Isizulu, Zunda
  
French Name
akan
  
zoulou
  
German Name
Akan-Sprache
  
Zulu-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Akan people
  
Zulu people
  
Origin
15
  
19
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Benue-Congo
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Beatu
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
urban Zulu
  
Standard Forms
Akan
  
Deep Zulu
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ak
  
zu
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
aka
  
zul
  
ISO 639 2/B
aka
  
zul
  
ISO 639 3
aka
  
zul
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
akan1251
  
zulu1248
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
99-AUT-fg
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Akan and Zulu 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 Zulu greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Akan and Zulu language. Akan word for "Hello" is ete-sen or Zulu word for "Thank You" is Ngiyabonga. Find more of such common Akan Greetings and Zulu Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Akan vs Zulu Difficulty
The Akan vs Zulu difficulty level basically depends on the number of Akan Alphabets and Zulu 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 Zulu are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Akan and Zulu, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Akan is 44 weeks while to learn Zulu time required is 44 weeks.