Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
  
Ghana, Ivory coast
  
National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
  
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
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
  
Akan Orthography Committee
  
Interesting Facts
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
- 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
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Arabic Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Akan-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Habari
  
ete-sen
  
Thank You
Asante
  
meda ase
  
How Are You?
Habari gani?
  
wo ho te sɛn?
  
Good Night
Usiku mwema
  
maadwo
  
Good Evening
Habari za jioni
  
maadwo
  
Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
  
maaha
  
Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
  
maakye
  
Please
tafadhali
  
wae
  
Sorry
pole
  
Kafra
  
Bye
bye
  
bye
  
I Love You
nakupenda
  
Me doכ wo
  
Excuse Me
Samahani
  
mepa wo kyɛw
  
Dialect 1
Kiunguja
  
Asante
  
Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
  
Ghana
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
9,000,000.00
  
13
Dialect 2
Kimrima
  
Akuapem
  
Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
  
Ghana
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
9,000,000.00
  
10
Dialect 3
Kimgao
  
Fante
  
Where They Speak
Kilwa
  
Ghana
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,900,000.00
  
15
How Many People Speak?
150.00 million
  
13
11.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
15.00 million
  
40
11.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
Not Available
  
Akan
  
Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
  
Not Available
  
French Name
swahili
  
akan
  
German Name
Swahili
  
Akan-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
  
Akan people
  
Origin
6th century
  
15
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Bantu
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Swahili
  
Akan
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
sw
  
ak
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
swa
  
aka
  
ISO 639 2/B
swa
  
aka
  
ISO 639 3
swa
  
aka
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
swah1254
  
akan1251
  
Linguasphere
99-AUS-m
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Swahili 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 Swahili and Akan greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Swahili and Akan language. Swahili word for "Hello" is Habari or Akan word for "Thank You" is meda ase. Find more of such common Swahili Greetings and Akan Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Swahili vs Akan Difficulty
The Swahili vs Akan difficulty level basically depends on the number of Swahili 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 Swahili and Akan are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Swahili and Akan, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Swahili is 36 weeks while to learn Akan time required is 44 weeks.