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Galician vs Akan


Akan vs Galician


Countries

Countries
Galicia   
Ghana, Ivory coast   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Galicia   
Ghana   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Africa   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Benin, United States of America   

Regulated By
Royal Galician Academy (Real Academia Galega)   
Akan Orthography Committee   

Interesting Facts
  • In Galician language, there are no compound tenses.
  • The earliest document in Galician language was written in 1228 which was legal charter for a municipality of Galicia.
  
  • 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
Portuguese Language   
Not Available   

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
23   
5
21   
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
10   
7

How Many Consonants
19   
9
16   
6

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Ola   
ete-sen   

Thank You
Grazas   
meda ase   

How Are You?
Que tal estás?   
wo ho te sɛn?   

Good Night
Boas noites   
maadwo   

Good Evening
Boa tarde   
maadwo   

Good Afternoon
Boa tarde   
maaha   

Good Morning
Bos días   
maakye   

Please
Por favor   
wae   

Sorry
Síntoo!   
Kafra   

Bye
Adeus   
bye   

I Love You
Ámote   
Me doכ wo   

Excuse Me
Perdoe!   
mepa wo kyɛw   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Galician   
Asante   

Where They Speak
East Galicia   
Ghana   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
9,000,000.00   
13

Dialect 2
Central Galician   
Akuapem   

Where They Speak
Central Galicia   
Ghana   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
9,000,000.00   
10

Dialect 3
Western Galician   
Fante   

Where They Speak
West Galicia   
Ghana   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,900,000.00   
15

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.17 %   
99+

Native Speakers
2.40 million   
99+
11.00 million   
99+

Native Name
Galego   
Akan   

Alternative Names
Galego, Gallego   
Not Available   

French Name
galicien   
akan   

German Name
Galicisch   
Akan-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[ɡaˈleɣo]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Akan people   

History

Origin
c. 1175   
15   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Medieval Galician   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Galician   
Akan   

Language Position
Not Available   
104   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
gl   
ak   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
glg   
aka   

ISO 639 2/B
glg   
aka   

ISO 639 3
glg   
aka   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
gali1258   
akan1251   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-ab   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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Galician and Akan Language History

Comparison of Galician vs Akan language history gives us differences between origin of Galician and Akan language. History of Galician language states that this language originated in c. 1175 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 Galician and Akan Language History.

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

Galician vs Akan Difficulty

The Galician vs Akan difficulty level basically depends on the number of Galician 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 Galician and Akan are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Galician and Akan, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Galician is Not Available while to learn Akan time required is 44 weeks.

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