Countries
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Ghana, Ivory coast
National Language
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
Ghana
Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Africa
Minority Language
South Africa
Benin, United States of America
Regulated By
Not Available
Akan Orthography Committee
Interesting Facts
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
- 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
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Derived From
Latin
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Thank you
meda ase
How Are You?
How are you?
wo ho te sɛn?
Good Night
Good Night
maadwo
Good Evening
Good Evening
maadwo
Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon
maaha
Good Morning
Good Morning
maakye
I Love You
I love you
Me doכ wo
Excuse Me
Excuse Me
mepa wo kyɛw
Dialect 1
American English
Asante
Where They Speak
United States of America
Ghana
Dialect 2
Hiberno-English
Akuapem
Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
Ghana
Dialect 3
Welsh English
Fante
Where They Speak
United Kingdom
Ghana
Second Language Speakers
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Alternative Names
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German Name
Englisch
Akan-Sprache
Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
Not Available
Ethnicity
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Akan people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
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Branch
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Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard English
Akan
Signed Forms
Signed English
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Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
engs
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Glottocode
stan1293
akan1251
Linguasphere
52-ABA
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
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English 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 English and Akan greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in English and Akan language. English word for "Hello" is Hello or Akan word for "Thank You" is meda ase. Find more of such common English Greetings and Akan Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
English vs Akan Difficulty
The English vs Akan difficulty level basically depends on the number of English 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 English and Akan are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in English and Akan, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn English is 6 weeks while to learn Akan time required is 44 weeks.