Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
Ghana, Ivory coast
National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Ghana
Second Language
Roman Empire
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Benin, United States of America
Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
Akan Orthography Committee
Interesting Facts
- Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
- The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
- 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
Armenian
Not Available
Derived From
Latin
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)
ete-sen
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
meda ase
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
wo ho te sɛn?
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
maadwo
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
maadwo
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
maaha
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
maakye
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
wae
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
Kafra
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Me doכ wo
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
mepa wo kyɛw
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
Asante
Where They Speak
Greece
Ghana
Where They Speak
Italy
Ghana
Where They Speak
Ukraine
Ghana
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
ελληνικά
Akan
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
Not Available
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
akan
German Name
Neugriechisch
Akan-Sprache
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
Akan people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Hellenic
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Greek
Akan
Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
ells
Not Available
Glottocode
gree1276
akan1251
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Not Available
Greek 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 Greek and Akan greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Greek and Akan language. Greek word for "Hello" is γεια σας (geia sas) or Akan word for "Thank You" is meda ase. Find more of such common Greek Greetings and Akan Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Greek vs Akan Difficulty
The Greek vs Akan difficulty level basically depends on the number of Greek 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 Greek and Akan are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Greek and Akan, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Greek is 44 weeks while to learn Akan time required is 44 weeks.