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Quechua vs Akan


Akan vs Quechua


Countries

Countries
Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru  
Ghana, Ivory coast  

Total No. Of Countries
6  
9
2  
13

National Language
Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru  
Ghana  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
South America  
Africa  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Benin, United States of America  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Akan Orthography Committee  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the most widely spoken indigenous language in the America is Quechua.
  • Quechua language has borrowed many words from Spanish.
  
  • 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
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Derived From
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Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31  
13
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
10  
7

How Many Consonants
26  
16
16  
6

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available  
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Rimaykullayki  
ete-sen  

Thank You
Solpayki  
meda ase  

How Are You?
Allillanchu  
wo ho te sɛn?  

Good Night
Allin tuta  
maadwo  

Good Evening
Wuynas nuchis  
maadwo  

Good Afternoon
Wuynas tardis  
maaha  

Good Morning
Wuynus diyas  
maakye  

Please
Not Available  
wae  

Sorry
Pampachaykuway  
Kafra  

Bye
bye  
bye  

I Love You
Kuyayki  
Me doכ wo  

Excuse Me
Pampachaway  
mepa wo kyɛw  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Ancash  
Asante  

Where They Speak
Peru  
Ghana  

How Many People Speak
920,000.00  
29
9,000,000.00  
13

Dialect 2
Huánuco  
Akuapem  

Where They Speak
Peru  
Ghana  

How Many People Speak
190,000.00  
33
9,000,000.00  
10

Dialect 3
Yaru  
Fante  

Where They Speak
Peru  
Ghana  

How Many People Speak
150,000.00  
25
1,900,000.00  
15

Total No. Of Dialects
10  
10
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
8.90 million  
99+
11.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.17 %  
99+

Native Speakers
8.90 million  
99+
11.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Qhichwa  
Akan  

Alternative Names
North La Paz Quechua  
Not Available  

French Name
quechua  
akan  

German Name
Quechua-Sprache  
Akan-Sprache  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Quechua  
Akan people  

History

Origin
16th Century  
15  

Language Family
Quechumaran Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Andean Equatorial  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Quechua  
Akan  

Language Position
Not Available  
104  
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
qu  
ak  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
que  
aka  

ISO 639 2/B
que  
aka  

ISO 639 3
que  
aka  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
quec1387  
akan1251  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
Not Available  

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Quechua and Akan Language History

Comparison of Quechua vs Akan language history gives us differences between origin of Quechua and Akan language. History of Quechua language states that this language originated in 16th 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 Quechua and Akan Language History.

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

Quechua vs Akan Difficulty

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

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