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Burmese vs Akan


Akan vs Burmese


Countries

Countries
Myanmar  
Ghana, Ivory coast  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Myanmar  
Ghana  

Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa  

Minority Language
Mon  
Benin, United States of America  

Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission  
Akan Orthography Committee  

Interesting Facts
  • The naming of people in Burmese is strange. There is no last name, often name is rhymed such as Ming Ming, Mo Mo or Jo Jo.
  • It appears as odd language to many people because it has peculiar pitch register, tonal form as language.
  
  • 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
Thai Language  
Not Available  

Derived From
Pali Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
10  
7

How Many Consonants
33  
23
16  
6

Scripts
Tangut  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)  
ete-sen  

Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)  
meda ase  

How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)  
wo ho te sɛn?  

Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)  
maadwo  

Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)  
maadwo  

Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)  
maaha  

Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)  
maakye  

Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)  
wae  

Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)  
Kafra  

Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)  
bye  

I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)  
Me doכ wo  

Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)  
mepa wo kyɛw  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Arakanese  
Asante  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar  
Ghana  

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00  
24
9,000,000.00  
13

Dialect 2
Tavoyan  
Akuapem  

Where They Speak
Myanmar  
Ghana  

How Many People Speak
440,000.00  
30
9,000,000.00  
10

Dialect 3
Intha  
Fante  

Where They Speak
Burma  
Ghana  

How Many People Speak
90,000.00  
30
1,900,000.00  
15

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
43.00 million  
30
11.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.50 %  
29
0.17 %  
99+

Native Speakers
33.00 million  
28
11.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million  
23
Not Available  

Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)  
Akan  

Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa  
Not Available  

French Name
birman  
akan  

German Name
Birmanisch  
Akan-Sprache  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Bamar people  
Akan people  

History

Origin
1113 AD  
15  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Burmese  
Akan  

Language Position
43  
32
104  
99+

Signed Forms
Burmese sign language  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
my  
ak  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mya  
aka  

ISO 639 2/B
bur  
aka  

ISO 639 3
mya  
aka  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
sout3159  
akan1251  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Not Available  

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Burmese and Akan Language History

Comparison of Burmese vs Akan language history gives us differences between origin of Burmese and Akan language. History of Burmese language states that this language originated in 1113 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 Burmese and Akan Language History.

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

Burmese vs Akan Difficulty

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

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