Countries
Philippines
  
Ghana, Ivory coast
  
National Language
Philippines
  
Ghana
  
Second Language
Philippines
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Benin, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino
  
Akan Orthography Committee
  
Interesting Facts
- "Filipino" was officially declared as national language by the constitution in 1987.
- "Filipino" is the official name of Tagalog, or synonym of it.
  
- 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
Tagalog Language
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Spanish Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Filipino-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Akan-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Kumusta
  
ete-sen
  
Thank You
Salamat
  
meda ase
  
How Are You?
Kumusta
  
wo ho te sɛn?
  
Good Night
magandang gabi
  
maadwo
  
Good Evening
Magandang gabi
  
maadwo
  
Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon
  
maaha
  
Good Morning
Magandang umaga
  
maakye
  
Please
Mangyaring
  
wae
  
Sorry
pinagsisisihan
  
Kafra
  
Bye
Paalam
  
bye
  
I Love You
Mahal kita
  
Me doכ wo
  
Excuse Me
patawarin ninyo ako
  
mepa wo kyɛw
  
Dialect 1
Bikol
  
Asante
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Ghana
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
9,000,000.00
  
13
Dialect 2
Hiligaynon
  
Akuapem
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Ghana
  
How Many People Speak
8,200,000.00
  
11
9,000,000.00
  
10
Dialect 3
Waray
  
Fante
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Ghana
  
How Many People Speak
2,600,000.00
  
13
1,900,000.00
  
15
How Many People Speak?
90.00 million
  
17
11.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
45.00 million
  
23
11.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
45.00 million
  
13
Not Available
  
Native Name
filipino
  
Akan
  
Alternative Names
Pilipino
  
Not Available
  
French Name
filipino; pilipino
  
akan
  
German Name
Pilipino
  
Akan-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[ˌfɪl.ɪˈpiː.no]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Akan people
  
Origin
16th Century
  
15
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Filipino
  
Akan
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
No Data Available
  
ak
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
fil
  
aka
  
ISO 639 2/B
fil
  
aka
  
ISO 639 3
fil
  
aka
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
fili1244
  
akan1251
  
Linguasphere
No Data Available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Filipino 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 Filipino and Akan greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Filipino and Akan language. Filipino word for "Hello" is Kumusta or Akan word for "Thank You" is meda ase. Find more of such common Filipino Greetings and Akan Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Filipino vs Akan Difficulty
The Filipino vs Akan difficulty level basically depends on the number of Filipino 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 Filipino and Akan are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Filipino and Akan, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Filipino is 44 weeks while to learn Akan time required is 44 weeks.