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Hindi vs Akan


Akan vs Hindi


Countries

Countries
Fiji, India  
Ghana, Ivory coast  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

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

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

Alphabets
44  
24
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11  
8
10  
7

How Many Consonants
33  
23
16  
6

Scripts
Devanagari  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

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  

Dialects

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

Total No. Of Dialects
21  
19
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
380.00 million  
5
11.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
4.70 %  
5
0.17 %  
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  

History

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  

Language Position
5  
5
104  
99+

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

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  

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Hindi and Akan Language History

Comparison of Hindi vs Akan language history gives us differences between origin of Hindi and Akan language. History of Hindi language states that this language originated in 7th Century 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 Hindi and Akan Language History.

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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.

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