Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
Ghana, Ivory coast
  
National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
Ghana
  
Second Language
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
  
Benin, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
  
Akan Orthography Committee
  
Interesting Facts
- Albanian Language has adopted words from Latin, Greek, Turkish, Italian and Slavic languages.
- 74% Albanian people are atheist, they never go to church or mosque.
- 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.
  
Similar To
Romanian
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Albanian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Akan-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Përshëndetje
  
ete-sen
  
Thank You
Ju faleminderit
  
meda ase
  
How Are You?
Si jeni?
  
wo ho te sɛn?
  
Good Night
natën e mirë
  
maadwo
  
Good Evening
mirëmbrëma
  
maadwo
  
Good Afternoon
mirëdita
  
maaha
  
Good Morning
mirëmengjes
  
maakye
  
Please
Ju lutem
  
wae
  
Sorry
Me fal
  
Kafra
  
Bye
mirupafshim
  
bye
  
I Love You
unë e dua ju
  
Me doכ wo
  
Excuse Me
Më falni
  
mepa wo kyɛw
  
Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian
  
Asante
  
Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
  
Ghana
  
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00
  
20
9,000,000.00
  
13
Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian
  
Akuapem
  
Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
  
Ghana
  
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00
  
20
9,000,000.00
  
10
Dialect 3
Arbëresh
  
Fante
  
Where They Speak
Italy
  
Ghana
  
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00
  
15
How Many People Speak?
7.50 million
  
99+
11.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
3.10 million
  
99+
11.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
3.60 million
  
31
Not Available
  
Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe
  
Akan
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
French Name
albanais
  
akan
  
German Name
Albanisch
  
Akan-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[ʃcip]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Albanians
  
Akan people
  
Origin
1462 AD
  
15
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Albanian
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Albanian
  
Akan
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
sq
  
ak
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
sqi
  
aka
  
ISO 639 2/B
alb
  
aka
  
ISO 639 3
sqi
  
aka
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
alba1267
  
akan1251
  
Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
All Albanian and Akan Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Albanian and Akan dialects. Various dialects of Albanian and Akan language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Albanian are spoken in different Albanian Speaking Countries whereas Akan Dialects are spoken in different Akan speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Albanian vs Akan Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Albanian dialects include: Gheg Albanian, Tosk Albanian. Akan dialects include: Asante , Akuapem. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Albanian and Akan Speaking population
Albanian and Akan speaking population is one of the factors based on which Albanian and Akan languages can be compared. The total count of Albanian and Akan Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Albanian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Akan language is 0.17 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Albanian and Akan on Albanian vs Akan where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Albanian and Akan Language Codes
Albanian and Akan language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Albanian and Akan Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.