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Somali vs Akan


Akan vs Somali


Countries

Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia   
Ghana, Ivory coast   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
2   
13

National Language
Somalia   
Ghana   

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

Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East   
Africa   

Minority Language
Yemen   
Benin, United States of America   

Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy   
Akan Orthography Committee   

Interesting Facts
  • Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
  • One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali Language.
  
  • 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
Afar and Oromo Language   
Not Available   

Derived From
Arabic Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
21   
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
10   
7

How Many Consonants
21   
11
16   
6

Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks   
12
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Hello   
ete-sen   

Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay   
meda ase   

How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?   
wo ho te sɛn?   

Good Night
Habeenka Good   
maadwo   

Good Evening
Evening Good   
maadwo   

Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan   
maaha   

Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan   
maakye   

Please
Fadlan   
wae   

Sorry
sorry   
Kafra   

Bye
caraysiiyo   
bye   

I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay   
Me doכ wo   

Excuse Me
iga raali ahow   
mepa wo kyɛw   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Somali   
Asante   

Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali   
Ghana   

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

Dialect 2
Benaadir   
Akuapem   

Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu   
Ghana   

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

Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf   
Fante   

Where They Speak
Standard Somali   
Ghana   

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

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.17 %   
99+

Native Speakers
8.00 million   
99+
11.00 million   
99+

Native Name
af Soomaali   
Akan   

Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga   
Not Available   

French Name
somali   
akan   

German Name
Somali   
Akan-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Somalis   
Akan people   

History

Origin
19th century   
15   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Cushitic   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Somali   
Akan   

Language Position
83   
99+
104   
99+

Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
so   
ak   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
som   
aka   

ISO 639 2/B
som   
aka   

ISO 639 3
som   
aka   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
soma1255   
akan1251   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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Somali and Akan Language History

Comparison of Somali vs Akan language history gives us differences between origin of Somali and Akan language. History of Somali language states that this language originated in 19th 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 Somali and Akan Language History.

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

Somali vs Akan Difficulty

The Somali vs Akan difficulty level basically depends on the number of Somali 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 Somali and Akan are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Somali and Akan, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Somali is 52 weeks while to learn Akan time required is 44 weeks.

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