Countries
Fiji, India
  
Ghana, Ivory coast
  
National Language
India
  
Ghana
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Benin, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Central Hindi Directorate
  
Akan Orthography Committee
  
Interesting Facts
- In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
- In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
  
- 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
Urdu
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
नमस्ते (Namastē)
  
ete-sen
  
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
  
meda ase
  
How Are You?
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)
  
wo ho te sɛn?
  
Good Night
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)
  
maadwo
  
Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)
  
maadwo
  
Good Afternoon
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)
  
maaha
  
Good Morning
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)
  
maakye
  
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
  
wae
  
Sorry
खेद (Khēda)
  
Kafra
  
Bye
अलविदा (Alavidā)
  
bye
  
I Love You
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)
  
Me doכ wo
  
Excuse Me
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)
  
mepa wo kyɛw
  
Dialect 1
Khariboli
  
Asante
  
Where They Speak
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh
  
Ghana
  
How Many People Speak
240,000,000.00
  
2
9,000,000.00
  
13
Dialect 2
Marwari
  
Akuapem
  
Where They Speak
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh
  
Ghana
  
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00
  
3
9,000,000.00
  
10
Dialect 3
Bundeli
  
Fante
  
Where They Speak
Bundelkhand
  
Ghana
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
4
1,900,000.00
  
15
How Many People Speak?
380.00 million
  
5
11.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
260.00 million
  
4
11.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
120.00 million
  
6
Not Available
  
Native Name
हिन्दी
  
Akan
  
Alternative Names
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli
  
Not Available
  
French Name
hindi
  
akan
  
German Name
Hindi
  
Akan-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Hindustani people
  
Akan people
  
Origin
7th Century
  
15
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Hindi
  
Akan
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
hi
  
ak
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
hin
  
aka
  
ISO 639 2/B
hin
  
aka
  
ISO 639 3
hin
  
aka
  
ISO 639 6
hins
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
hind1269
  
akan1251
  
Linguasphere
59-AAF-qf
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Hindi 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 Hindi and Akan greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Hindi and Akan language. Hindi word for "Hello" is नमस्ते (Namastē) or Akan word for "Thank You" is meda ase. Find more of such common Hindi Greetings and Akan Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Hindi vs Akan Difficulty
The Hindi vs Akan difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hindi 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 Hindi and Akan are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hindi and Akan, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hindi is 44 weeks while to learn Akan time required is 44 weeks.