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Shona vs Akan


Akan vs Shona


Countries

Countries
Zimbabwe   
Ghana, Ivory coast   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe   
Ghana   

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

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Africa   

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

Regulated By
Not Available   
Akan Orthography Committee   

Interesting Facts
  • Shona language is tonal language.
  • The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
  
  • 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
Kalanga and Nambya Language   
Not Available   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
Not Available   
21   
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
10   
7

How Many Consonants
46   
34
16   
6

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Mhoro   
ete-sen   

Thank You
Waita zvako   
meda ase   

How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?   
wo ho te sɛn?   

Good Night
Urare zvakanaka   
maadwo   

Good Evening
Manheru   
maadwo   

Good Afternoon
Masikati   
maaha   

Good Morning
Mangwanani   
maakye   

Please
Ndinokumbirawo   
wae   

Sorry
Ndineurombo   
Kafra   

Bye
bye   
bye   

I Love You
Ndinokuda   
Me doכ wo   

Excuse Me
Pamusoro   
mepa wo kyɛw   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Hwesa   
Asante   

Where They Speak
Zimbabwe   
Ghana   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
9,000,000.00   
13

Dialect 2
Karanga   
Akuapem   

Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe   
Ghana   

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

Dialect 3
Zezuru   
Fante   

Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland   
Ghana   

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

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million   
40
11.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.13 %   
99+
0.17 %   
99+

Native Speakers
8.30 million   
99+
11.00 million   
99+

Native Name
Not Available   
Akan   

Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru   
Not Available   

French Name
shona   
akan   

German Name
Schona-Sprache   
Akan-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Akan people   

History

Origin
20th century   
15   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Benue-Congo   
Not Available   

Branch
Bantu   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Not Available   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Not Available   
Akan   

Language Position
107   
99+
104   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
sn   
ak   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sna   
aka   

ISO 639 2/B
sna   
aka   

ISO 639 3
sna   
aka   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
core1255   
akan1251   

Linguasphere
99-AUT-a   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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Shona and Akan Language History

Comparison of Shona vs Akan language history gives us differences between origin of Shona and Akan language. History of Shona language states that this language originated in 20th 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 Shona and Akan Language History.

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

Shona vs Akan Difficulty

The Shona vs Akan difficulty level basically depends on the number of Shona 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 Shona and Akan are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Shona and Akan, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Shona is Not Available while to learn Akan time required is 44 weeks.

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