Countries
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara
Ghana, Ivory coast
National Language
Spain
Ghana
Second Language
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Africa
Minority Language
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom
Benin, United States of America
Regulated By
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española
Akan Orthography Committee
Interesting Facts
- One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
- Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic 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
French Language
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Derived From
Latin
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Gracias
meda ase
How Are You?
Cómo estás?
wo ho te sɛn?
Good Night
Buenas Noches
maadwo
Good Evening
Bonne soirée
maadwo
Good Afternoon
Buenas Tardes
maaha
Good Morning
Buenos Días
maakye
I Love You
Te Quiero
Me doכ wo
Excuse Me
Discúlpeme
mepa wo kyɛw
Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish
Asante
Where They Speak
Mexico
Ghana
Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish
Akuapem
Where They Speak
Cuba
Ghana
Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish
Fante
Where They Speak
Puerto Rico
Ghana
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Alternative Names
Castellano, Castilian, Español
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French Name
espagnol; castillan
akan
German Name
Spanisch
Akan-Sprache
Pronunciation
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]
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Ethnicity
Not Available
Akan people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Romance
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Branch
Not Available
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Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish
No early forms
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish
Akan
Signed Forms
Signed Spanish
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
Not Available
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Glottocode
stan1288
akan1251
Linguasphere
51-AAA-b
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
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Spanish 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 Spanish and Akan greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Spanish and Akan language. Spanish word for "Hello" is hola or Akan word for "Thank You" is meda ase. Find more of such common Spanish Greetings and Akan Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Spanish vs Akan Difficulty
The Spanish vs Akan difficulty level basically depends on the number of Spanish 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 Spanish and Akan are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Spanish and Akan, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Spanish is 24 weeks while to learn Akan time required is 44 weeks.