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Welsh vs Akan


Akan vs Welsh


Countries

Countries
Wales   
Ghana, Ivory coast   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Wales   
Ghana   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Africa   

Minority Language
Argentina, United Kingdom   
Benin, United States of America   

Regulated By
Welsh Language Commissioner   
Akan Orthography Committee   

Interesting Facts
  • One of the Celtic language still spoken with great numbers of speakers is Welsh language.
  • Welsh was evolved from British , which was spoken by ancient Britons.
  
  • 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
English Language   
Not Available   

Derived From
British Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
21   
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
10   
7

How Many Consonants
21   
11
16   
6

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Helô   
ete-sen   

Thank You
Diolch   
meda ase   

How Are You?
Sut ydych chi?   
wo ho te sɛn?   

Good Night
Nos da   
maadwo   

Good Evening
Noswaith dda   
maadwo   

Good Afternoon
P'nawn da   
maaha   

Good Morning
Bore da   
maakye   

Please
os gwelwch yn dda   
wae   

Sorry
Mae'n ddrwg gennym   
Kafra   

Bye
Hwyl   
bye   

I Love You
Dw i'n dy garu di   
Me doכ wo   

Excuse Me
Esgusodwch fi   
mepa wo kyɛw   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Patagonian Welsh   
Asante   

Where They Speak
Argentina   
Ghana   

How Many People Speak
38,000.00   
99+
9,000,000.00   
13

Dialect 2
Y Wyndodeg   
Akuapem   

Where They Speak
Gwynedd   
Ghana   

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

Dialect 3
Y Bowyseg   
Fante   

Where They Speak
Powys   
Ghana   

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

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.17 %   
99+

Native Speakers
7.40 million   
99+
11.00 million   
99+

Native Name
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg   
Akan   

Alternative Names
Cymraeg   
Not Available   

French Name
gallois   
akan   

German Name
Kymrisch   
Akan-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Welsh people   
Akan people   

History

Origin
9th Century   
15   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Celtic   
Not Available   

Branch
Brythonic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Welsh   
Akan   

Language Position
Not Available   
104   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
cy   
ak   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
cym   
aka   

ISO 639 2/B
wel   
aka   

ISO 639 3
cym   
aka   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
wels1247   
akan1251   

Linguasphere
50-ABA   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Not Available   

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Welsh and Akan Language History

Comparison of Welsh vs Akan language history gives us differences between origin of Welsh and Akan language. History of Welsh language states that this language originated in 9th 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 Welsh and Akan Language History.

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

Welsh vs Akan Difficulty

The Welsh vs Akan difficulty level basically depends on the number of Welsh 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 Welsh and Akan are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Welsh and Akan, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Welsh is 30 weeks while to learn Akan time required is 44 weeks.

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