Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
Ghana, Ivory coast
National Language
Portugal
Ghana
Second Language
United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
Africa
Minority Language
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
Benin, United States of America
Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
Akan Orthography Committee
Interesting Facts
- Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
- The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.
- 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
Spanish and Galician Languages
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Derived From
Latin
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
obrigado
meda ase
How Are You?
Como você está?
wo ho te sɛn?
Good Night
boa noite
maadwo
Good Evening
boa Noite
maadwo
Good Afternoon
boa Tarde
maaha
Good Morning
bom Dia
maakye
I Love You
Eu te amo
Me doכ wo
Excuse Me
desculpe me
mepa wo kyɛw
Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese
Asante
Where They Speak
Brazil
Ghana
Dialect 2
European Portuguese
Akuapem
Where They Speak
Portugal
Ghana
Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Fante
Where They Speak
Daman and Diu
Ghana
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Português
Akan
Alternative Names
Português
Not Available
French Name
portugais
akan
German Name
Portugiesisch
Akan-Sprache
Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
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Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses
Akan people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Romance
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Branch
Not Available
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Early Forms
Medieval Galician
No early forms
Standard Forms
Portuguese
Akan
Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese
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Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
port1283
akan1251
Linguasphere
51-AAA-a
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
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Portuguese 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 Portuguese and Akan greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Portuguese and Akan language. Portuguese word for "Hello" is Olá or Akan word for "Thank You" is meda ase. Find more of such common Portuguese Greetings and Akan Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Portuguese vs Akan Difficulty
The Portuguese vs Akan difficulty level basically depends on the number of Portuguese 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 Portuguese and Akan are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Portuguese and Akan, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Portuguese is 24 weeks while to learn Akan time required is 44 weeks.