Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City
  
Ghana, Ivory coast
  
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 in
Italian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Akan-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
How Many People Speak?
78.00 million
  
21
11.00 million
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
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
  
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.