Countries
Thailand
  
Ghana, Ivory coast
  
National Language
Thailand
  
Ghana
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Burma, Cambodia, Laos
  
Benin, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)
  
Akan Orthography Committee
  
Interesting Facts
- Thai is tonal language and also it is very repetitive and exaggerative language.
- You should learn thai language with native speakers and not with books or recorders, since speaking and writing in thai are not the same.
  
- 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
Lao Language
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Khmer Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Thai-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Akan-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Thai
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
  
ete-sen
  
Thank You
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)
  
meda ase
  
How Are You?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)
  
wo ho te sɛn?
  
Good Night
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)
  
maadwo
  
Good Evening
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
  
maadwo
  
Good Afternoon
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)
  
maaha
  
Good Morning
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)
  
maakye
  
Please
โปรด (Pord)
  
wae
  
Sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
  
Kafra
  
Bye
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)
  
bye
  
I Love You
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)
  
Me doכ wo
  
Excuse Me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
  
mepa wo kyɛw
  
Dialect 1
Isan
  
Asante
  
Where They Speak
Isan
  
Ghana
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
10
9,000,000.00
  
13
Dialect 2
Northern Thai
  
Akuapem
  
Where They Speak
Northern Thailand
  
Ghana
  
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00
  
13
9,000,000.00
  
10
Dialect 3
Southern Thai
  
Fante
  
Where They Speak
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
  
Ghana
  
How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00
  
8
1,900,000.00
  
15
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million
  
27
11.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
20.00 million
  
37
11.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
40.00 million
  
15
Not Available
  
Native Name
ภาษาไทย
  
Akan
  
Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
  
Not Available
  
French Name
thaï
  
akan
  
German Name
Thailändisch
  
Akan-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese
  
Akan people
  
Origin
1283 CE
  
15
  
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Tai
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Thai
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Thai
  
Akan
  
Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
th
  
ak
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
tha
  
aka
  
ISO 639 2/B
tha
  
aka
  
ISO 639 3
tha
  
aka
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
thai1261
  
akan1251
  
Linguasphere
47-AAA-b
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Not Available
  
Thai 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 Thai and Akan greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Thai and Akan language. Thai word for "Hello" is สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī) or Akan word for "Thank You" is meda ase. Find more of such common Thai Greetings and Akan Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Thai vs Akan Difficulty
The Thai vs Akan difficulty level basically depends on the number of Thai 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 Thai and Akan are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Thai and Akan, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Thai is 44 weeks while to learn Akan time required is 44 weeks.