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Italian vs Akan


Akan vs Italian


Countries

Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City   
Ghana, Ivory coast   

Total No. Of Countries
7   
8
2   
13

National Language
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City   
Ghana   

Second Language
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Africa   

Minority Language
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia   
Benin, United States of America   

Regulated By
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)   
Akan Orthography Committee   

Interesting Facts
  • One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
  • Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  
  • 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
French and Portuguese Languages   
Not Available   

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21   
3
21   
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
10   
7

How Many Consonants
16   
6
16   
6

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
ciao   
ete-sen   

Thank You
grazie   
meda ase   

How Are You?
Come stai?   
wo ho te sɛn?   

Good Night
buonanotte   
maadwo   

Good Evening
buonasera   
maadwo   

Good Afternoon
buon pomeriggio   
maaha   

Good Morning
buongiorno   
maakye   

Please
Per Favore   
wae   

Sorry
scusate   
Kafra   

Bye
arrivederci   
bye   

I Love You
Ti amo   
Me doכ wo   

Excuse Me
Scusami   
mepa wo kyɛw   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Romanesco   
Asante   

Where They Speak
Lazio   
Ghana   

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00   
21
9,000,000.00   
13

Dialect 2
Central Italian   
Akuapem   

Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria   
Ghana   

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00   
14
9,000,000.00   
10

Dialect 3
Tuscan   
Fante   

Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria   
Ghana   

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

Total No. Of Dialects
15   
14
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
78.00 million   
21
11.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.90 %   
22
0.17 %   
99+

Native Speakers
64.00 million   
18
11.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
14.00 million   
20
Not Available   

Native Name
Italiano   
Akan   

Alternative Names
Italiano   
Not Available   

French Name
italien   
akan   

German Name
Italienisch   
Akan-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[itaˈljaːno]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Italians   
Akan people   

History

Origin
960 BC   
15   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Italian   
Akan   

Language Position
27   
23
104   
99+

Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
it   
ak   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ita   
aka   

ISO 639 2/B
ita   
aka   

ISO 639 3
ita   
aka   

ISO 639 6
itas   
Not Available   

Glottocode
ital1282   
akan1251   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-q   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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Italian and Akan Language History

Comparison of Italian vs Akan language history gives us differences between origin of Italian and Akan language. History of Italian language states that this language originated in 960 BC 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 Italian and Akan Language History.

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

Italian vs Akan Difficulty

The Italian vs Akan difficulty level basically depends on the number of Italian 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 Italian and Akan are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Italian and Akan, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Italian is 24 weeks while to learn Akan time required is 44 weeks.

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