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Akan vs Russian


Countries

Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan   
Ghana, Ivory coast   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
2   
13

National Language
Russia   
Ghana   

Second Language
Afganistan   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Africa   

Minority Language
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   
Benin, United States of America   

Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences   
Akan Orthography Committee   

Interesting Facts
  • In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
  • In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  
  • 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
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages   
Not Available   

Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
21   
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
10   
7

How Many Consonants
21   
11
16   
6

Scripts
Cyrillic   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)   
ete-sen   

Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)   
meda ase   

How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)   
wo ho te sɛn?   

Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)   
maadwo   

Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)   
maadwo   

Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')   
maaha   

Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)   
maakye   

Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)   
wae   

Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)   
Kafra   

Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)   
bye   

I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)   
Me doכ wo   

Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)   
mepa wo kyɛw   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian   
Asante   

Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan   
Ghana   

How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
99+
9,000,000.00   
13

Dialect 2
Olonets   
Akuapem   

Where They Speak
Olonets   
Ghana   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
9,000,000.00   
10

Dialect 3
Novgorod   
Fante   

Where They Speak
Novgorod   
Ghana   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,900,000.00   
15

Total No. Of Dialects
13   
13
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
276.00 million   
6
11.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
2.33 %   
9
0.17 %   
99+

Native Speakers
166.00 million   
8
11.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
110.00 million   
7
Not Available   

Native Name
Русский   
Akan   

Alternative Names
Russki   
Not Available   

French Name
russe   
akan   

German Name
Russisch   
Akan-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Russians   
Akan people   

History

Origin
1000 AD   
15   

Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Not Available   

Branch
Eastern   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Russian   
Akan   

Language Position
7   
7
104   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Russian   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
ru   
ak   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
rus   
aka   

ISO 639 2/B
rus   
aka   

ISO 639 3
rus   
aka   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
russ1263   
akan1251   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea   
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   

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Russian and Akan Language History

Comparison of Russian vs Akan language history gives us differences between origin of Russian and Akan language. History of Russian language states that this language originated in 1000 AD 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 Russian and Akan Language History.

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

Russian vs Akan Difficulty

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

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