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Countries

Countries

Ghana, Ivory coast
Wales

Total No. Of Countries

21
0 46
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National Language

Ghana
Wales

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Africa
Europe

Minority Language

Benin, United States of America
Argentina, United Kingdom

Regulated By

Akan Orthography Committee
Welsh Language Commissioner

Interesting Facts

  • 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.
  • 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.

Similar To

Ewe and Ga-Dangme Languages
English Language

Derived From

-
British Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2129
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

107
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1621
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

34
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks30 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

ete-sen
Helô

Thank You

meda ase
Diolch

How Are You?

wo ho te sɛn?
Sut ydych chi?

Good Night

maadwo
Nos da

Good Evening

maadwo
Noswaith dda

Good Afternoon

maaha
P'nawn da

Good Morning

maakye
Bore da

Please

wae
os gwelwch yn dda

Sorry

Kafra
Mae'n ddrwg gennym

Bye

bye
Hwyl

I Love You

Me doכ wo
Dw i'n dy garu di

Excuse Me

mepa wo kyɛw
Esgusodwch fi

Dialects

Dialect 1

Asante
Patagonian Welsh

Where They Speak

Ghana
Argentina

How Many People Speak

9,000,000.0038,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Akuapem
Y Wyndodeg

Where They Speak

Ghana
Gwynedd

How Many People Speak

9,000,000.00700,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Fante
Y Bowyseg

Where They Speak

Ghana
Powys

How Many People Speak

1,900,000.00700,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

38
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

11.00 million7.40 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.17 %0.24 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

11.00 million7.40 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

21.00 million0.70 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Akan
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg

Alternative Names

Twi, Fante
Cymraeg

French Name

akan
gallois

German Name

Akan-Sprache
Kymrisch

Pronunciation

[ˈaːkã]
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]

Ethnicity

Akan people
Welsh people

History

Origin

15
9th Century

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

-
Celtic

Branch

-
Brythonic

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh

Standard Forms

Akan
Welsh

Language Position

10431
1 120
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Signed Forms

Akan Sign Language
Welsh Sign Language

Scope

Macrolanguage
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ak
cy

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

aka
cym

ISO 639 2/B

aka
wel

ISO 639 3

aka
cym

ISO 639 6

aka
cym

Glottocode

akan1251
wels1247

Linguasphere

No data available
50-ABA

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Historical

Language Linguistic Typology

-
Verb-Subject-Object

Language Morphological Typology

-
Fusional

Akan and Welsh Alphabets

Akan and Welsh Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Akan and Welsh. In Akan Alphabets there are 21 letters while in Welsh Alphabets there are 29 letters. To learn Akan and Welsh languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Akan and Welsh languages. The Akan phonology consist Akan vowels and Akan consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Akan greetings vs Welsh greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Akan and Welsh are Most Spoken Languages.

All Akan and Welsh Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Akan and Welsh dialects. Various dialects of Akan and Welsh language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Akan are spoken in different Akan Speaking Countries whereas Welsh Dialects are spoken in different Welsh speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Akan vs Welsh Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Akan dialects include: Asante, Akuapem. Welsh dialects include: Patagonian Welsh , Y Wyndodeg. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Akan and Welsh Speaking population

Akan and Welsh speaking population is one of the factors based on which Akan and Welsh languages can be compared. The total count of Akan and Welsh Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Akan language is 0.17 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Welsh language is 0.24 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Akan and Welsh on Akan vs Welsh where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Akan and Welsh Language Codes

Akan and Welsh language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Akan and Welsh Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.