Countries
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
  
Ghana, Ivory coast
  
National Language
Gambia, Kazakhstan
  
Ghana
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
  
Benin, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Kazakh language agency
  
Akan Orthography Committee
  
Interesting Facts
- The Kazakh language can be written using a variety of scripts.
- Kazakh Language contains many words from Russian, Arabic, Mongol, Persian and other Turkic languages.
  
- 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
Turkish and Uzbek Languages
  
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Derived From
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Alphabets in
Kazakh-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Akan-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)
  
ete-sen
  
Thank You
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)
  
meda ase
  
How Are You?
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)
  
wo ho te sɛn?
  
Good Night
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)
  
maadwo
  
Good Evening
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)
  
maadwo
  
Good Afternoon
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)
  
maaha
  
Good Morning
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)
  
maakye
  
Please
өтінемін (ötinemin)
  
wae
  
Sorry
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)
  
Kafra
  
Bye
bye
  
bye
  
I Love You
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)
  
Me doכ wo
  
Excuse Me
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)
  
mepa wo kyɛw
  
Dialect 1
Northeastern Kazakh
  
Asante
  
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
  
Ghana
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
9,000,000.00
  
13
Dialect 2
Southern Kazakh
  
Akuapem
  
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
  
Ghana
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
9,000,000.00
  
10
Dialect 3
Western Kazakh
  
Fante
  
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
  
Ghana
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,900,000.00
  
15
How Many People Speak?
11.00 million
  
99+
11.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
11.00 million
  
99+
11.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى
  
Akan
  
Alternative Names
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq
  
Not Available
  
French Name
kazakh
  
akan
  
German Name
Kasachisch
  
Akan-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]
  
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Ethnicity
Kazahks
  
Akan people
  
Origin
17th Century
  
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Language Family
Turkic Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Turkic
  
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Branch
Northwestern (Kipchak)
  
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Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Kazakh
  
Akan
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
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Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
kk
  
ak
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kaz
  
aka
  
ISO 639 2/B
kaz
  
aka
  
ISO 639 3
kaz
  
aka
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
kaza1248
  
akan1251
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
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Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
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Kazakh 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 Kazakh and Akan greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Kazakh and Akan language. Kazakh word for "Hello" is Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be) or Akan word for "Thank You" is meda ase. Find more of such common Kazakh Greetings and Akan Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Kazakh vs Akan Difficulty
The Kazakh vs Akan difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kazakh 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 Kazakh and Akan are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kazakh and Akan, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kazakh is 44 weeks while to learn Akan time required is 44 weeks.