Countries
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
Ghana, Ivory coast
National Language
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
Ghana
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Benin, United States of America
Regulated By
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council
Akan Orthography Committee
Interesting Facts
- Arabic is 5th common language in world.
- Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
- 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
Amharic and Hebrew
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Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
How Are You?
كيف حالك؟
wo ho te sɛn?
Good Night
تصبح على خير
maadwo
Good Evening
مساء الخير
maadwo
Good Afternoon
مساء الخير
maaha
Good Morning
صباح الخير
maakye
I Love You
أحبك
Me doכ wo
Excuse Me
اعذرني
mepa wo kyɛw
Dialect 1
Maghrebi
Asante
Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
Ghana
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Sudanese
Akuapem
Where They Speak
Sudan
Ghana
Dialect 3
Levantine
Fante
Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant
Ghana
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
(al arabiya) العربية
Akan
Alternative Names
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic
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German Name
Arabisch
Akan-Sprache
Pronunciation
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/
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Ethnicity
Arabs
Akan people
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Semitic
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Branch
North Arabic
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Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic
Akan
Signed Forms
Signed Arabic
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Scope
Macrolanguage
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
Not Available
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Glottocode
arab1395
akan1251
Linguasphere
12-AAC
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
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Arabic 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 Arabic and Akan greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Arabic and Akan language. Arabic word for "Hello" is مرحبا or Akan word for "Thank You" is meda ase. Find more of such common Arabic Greetings and Akan Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Arabic vs Akan Difficulty
The Arabic vs Akan difficulty level basically depends on the number of Arabic 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 Arabic and Akan are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Arabic and Akan, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Arabic is 88 weeks while to learn Akan time required is 44 weeks.