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Akan vs Zulu


Zulu vs Akan


Countries

Countries
Ghana, Ivory coast   
South Africa   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

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

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

Alphabets
21   
3
57   
34

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
7   
4

How Many Consonants
16   
6
50   
35

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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   

Dialects

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   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
4   
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
11.00 million   
99+
30.00 million   
36

Speaking Population
0.17 %   
99+
0.16 %   
99+

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   

History

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   

Language Position
104   
99+
87   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

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   

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Akan and Zulu Language History

Comparison of Akan vs Zulu language history gives us differences between origin of Akan and Zulu language. History of Akan language states that this language originated in 15 whereas history of Zulu language states that this language originated in 19. 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 Zulu Language History.

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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.

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