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Romanian vs Akan


Akan vs Romanian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine   
Ghana, Ivory coast   

Total No. Of Countries
6   
9
2   
13

National Language
Moldova, Romania   
Ghana   

Second Language
Kazakhstan, Russia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Africa   

Minority Language
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine   
Benin, United States of America   

Regulated By
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li   
Akan Orthography Committee   

Interesting Facts
  • Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
  • The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
  
  • 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, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.   
Not Available   

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31   
13
21   
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
10   
7

How Many Consonants
20   
10
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
alo   
ete-sen   

Thank You
multumesc   
meda ase   

How Are You?
ce mai faci?   
wo ho te sɛn?   

Good Night
noapte Buna   
maadwo   

Good Evening
buna Seara   
maadwo   

Good Afternoon
buna Ziua   
maaha   

Good Morning
bună Dimineața   
maakye   

Please
Vă Rog   
wae   

Sorry
scuze   
Kafra   

Bye
La revedere   
bye   

I Love You
Te iubesc   
Me doכ wo   

Excuse Me
Scuza-Ma   
mepa wo kyɛw   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Aromanian   
Asante   

Where They Speak
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey   
Ghana   

How Many People Speak
250,000.00   
38
9,000,000.00   
13

Dialect 2
Megleno-Romanian   
Akuapem   

Where They Speak
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey   
Ghana   

How Many People Speak
5,000.00   
99+
9,000,000.00   
10

Dialect 3
Istro-Romanian   
Fante   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
Ghana   

How Many People Speak
1,400.00   
37
1,900,000.00   
15

Total No. Of Dialects
10   
10
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million   
38
11.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.37 %   
35
0.17 %   
99+

Native Speakers
24.00 million   
33
11.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
4.00 million   
30
Not Available   

Native Name
Română   
Akan   

Alternative Names
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian   
Not Available   

French Name
roumain; moldave   
akan   

German Name
Rumänisch   
Akan-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[roˈmɨnə]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Romanians   
Akan people   

History

Origin
1521   
15   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Romanian   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Romanian   
Akan   

Language Position
36   
28
104   
99+

Signed Forms
Romanian Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
ro   
ak   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ron   
aka   

ISO 639 2/B
rum   
aka   

ISO 639 3
ron   
aka   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
roma1327   
akan1251   

Linguasphere
51-AAD-c   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Not Available   

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Romanian and Akan Language History

Comparison of Romanian vs Akan language history gives us differences between origin of Romanian and Akan language. History of Romanian language states that this language originated in 1521 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 Romanian and Akan Language History.

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

Romanian vs Akan Difficulty

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

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