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Albanian vs Akan


Akan vs Albanian


Countries

Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe   
Ghana, Ivory coast   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

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.
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  • 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

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

Alphabets
36   
18
21   
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
10   
7

How Many Consonants
29   
19
16   
6

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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   

Dialects

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
100,000.00   
28
1,900,000.00   
15

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.17 %   
99+

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   

History

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   
104   
99+

Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

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   

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Albanian and Akan Language History

Comparison of Albanian vs Akan language history gives us differences between origin of Albanian and Akan language. History of Albanian language states that this language originated in 1462 AD whereas history of Akan language states that this language originated in 15. 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 Albanian and Akan Language History.

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Albanian and Akan 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 Albanian and Akan greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Albanian and Akan language. Albanian word for "Hello" is Përshëndetje or Akan word for "Thank You" is meda ase. Find more of such common Albanian Greetings and Akan Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Albanian vs Akan Difficulty

The Albanian vs Akan difficulty level basically depends on the number of Albanian Alphabets and Akan 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 Albanian and Akan are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Albanian and Akan, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Albanian is 44 weeks while to learn Akan time required is 44 weeks.

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