Countries
Israel
  
Ghana, Ivory coast
  
National Language
Israel
  
Ghana
  
Second Language
Israel
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Poland
  
Benin, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Academy of the Hebrew Language
  
Akan Orthography Committee
  
Interesting Facts
- The original language of Bible is Hebrew.
- The men and women use different verbs in hebrew 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
Arabic and Aramaic languages
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Aramaic Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Hebrew-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Akan-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
How Many Vowels
0
  
Scripts
Hebrew
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
שלום (Shalom)
  
ete-sen
  
Thank You
תודה (Toda)
  
meda ase
  
How Are You?
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)
  
wo ho te sɛn?
  
Good Night
לילה טוב (Laila tov)
  
maadwo
  
Good Evening
ערב טוב (Erev tov)
  
maadwo
  
Good Afternoon
אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)
  
maaha
  
Good Morning
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)
  
maakye
  
Please
בבקשה (bevekshah)
  
wae
  
Sorry
סליחה! (Slicha)
  
Kafra
  
Bye
להתראות (Lehitraot)
  
bye
  
I Love You
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)
  
Me doכ wo
  
Excuse Me
בבקשה!
  
mepa wo kyɛw
  
Dialect 1
Ashkenazi Hebrew
  
Asante
  
Where They Speak
Israel
  
Ghana
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
9,000,000.00
  
13
Dialect 2
Samaritan Hebrew
  
Akuapem
  
Where They Speak
Israel, Palestine
  
Ghana
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
9,000,000.00
  
10
Dialect 3
Yemenite Hebrew
  
Fante
  
Where They Speak
Israel
  
Ghana
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,900,000.00
  
15
How Many People Speak?
9.00 million
  
99+
11.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
4.40 million
  
99+
11.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
5.60 million
  
27
Not Available
  
Native Name
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)
  
Akan
  
Alternative Names
Israeli, Ivrit
  
Not Available
  
French Name
hébreu
  
akan
  
German Name
Hebräisch
  
Akan-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Akan people
  
Origin
1000 BC
  
15
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Semitic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Canaanitic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Modern Hebrew
  
Akan
  
Signed Forms
Signed Hebrew
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
he
  
ak
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
heb
  
aka
  
ISO 639 2/B
heb
  
aka
  
ISO 639 3
heb
  
aka
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
hebr1246
  
akan1251
  
Linguasphere
12-AAB-a
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Subject-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Hebrew 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 Hebrew and Akan greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Hebrew and Akan language. Hebrew word for "Hello" is שלום (Shalom) or Akan word for "Thank You" is meda ase. Find more of such common Hebrew Greetings and Akan Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Hebrew vs Akan Difficulty
The Hebrew vs Akan difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hebrew 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 Hebrew and Akan are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hebrew and Akan, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hebrew is 44 weeks while to learn Akan time required is 44 weeks.