Urdu vs Akan
Countries
India, Pakistan
  
Ghana, Ivory coast
  
National Language
Pakistan
  
Ghana
  
Second Language
Pakistan
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
India
  
Benin, United States of America
  
Regulated By
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan
  
Akan Orthography Committee
  
Interesting Facts
- Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
- Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
  
- 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
Arabic and Hindi Languages
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Ghaznavid Persian Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Urdu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
خوش آمديد
  
ete-sen
  
Thank You
آپ کا شکریہ
  
meda ase
  
How Are You?
آپ کیسے ہیں؟
  
wo ho te sɛn?
  
Good Night
گڈ نائٹ
  
maadwo
  
Good Evening
سلام علیکم
  
maadwo
  
Good Afternoon
گڈ آفٹر نون
  
maaha
  
Good Morning
گڈ مارننگ
  
maakye
  
Please
براہ مہربانی
  
wae
  
Sorry
معاف کرنا
  
Kafra
  
Bye
الوداع
  
bye
  
I Love You
مجھے تم سے محبت
  
Me doכ wo
  
Excuse Me
معاف کیجئے گا
  
mepa wo kyɛw
  
Dialect 1
Dakhini
  
Asante
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Ghana
  
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00
  
12
9,000,000.00
  
13
Dialect 2
Hyderabadi Urdu
  
Akuapem
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Ghana
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
9,000,000.00
  
10
Dialect 3
Rekhta
  
Fante
  
Where They Speak
South Asia
  
Ghana
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,900,000.00
  
15
How Many People Speak?
104.00 million
  
15
11.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
61.00 million
  
19
11.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
43.00 million
  
14
Not Available
  
Native Name
اُردُو
  
Akan
  
Alternative Names
Bihari
  
Not Available
  
French Name
ourdou
  
akan
  
German Name
Urdu
  
Akan-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[ˈʊrd̪u]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Akan people
  
Origin
12th Century CE
  
15
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Modern Standard Urdu
  
Akan
  
Signed Forms
Signed Urdu
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
ur
  
ak
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
urd
  
aka
  
ISO 639 2/B
urd
  
aka
  
ISO 639 3
urd
  
aka
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
urdu1245
  
akan1251
  
Linguasphere
59-AAF-q
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Not Available
  
Urdu and Akan Language History
Comparison of Urdu vs Akan language history gives us differences between origin of Urdu and Akan language. History of Urdu language states that this language originated in 12th Century CE 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 Urdu and Akan Language History.
Urdu 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 Urdu and Akan greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Urdu and Akan language. Urdu word for "Hello" is خوش آمديد or Akan word for "Thank You" is meda ase. Find more of such common Urdu Greetings and Akan Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Urdu vs Akan Difficulty
The Urdu vs Akan difficulty level basically depends on the number of Urdu 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 Urdu and Akan are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Urdu and Akan, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Urdu is 44 weeks while to learn Akan time required is 44 weeks.