Countries
Ghana, Ivory coast
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
National Language
Ghana
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa, Asia
Minority Language
Benin, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Akan Orthography Committee
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council
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.
- Arabic is 5th common language in world.
- Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
Similar To
Not Available
Amharic and Hebrew
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
How Are You?
wo ho te sɛn?
كيف حالك؟
Good Night
maadwo
تصبح على خير
Good Evening
maadwo
مساء الخير
Good Afternoon
maaha
مساء الخير
Good Morning
maakye
صباح الخير
I Love You
Me doכ wo
أحبك
Excuse Me
mepa wo kyɛw
اعذرني
Dialect 1
Asante
Maghrebi
Where They Speak
Ghana
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Akuapem
Sudanese
Where They Speak
Ghana
Sudan
Dialect 3
Fante
Levantine
Where They Speak
Ghana
Cyprus, Levant
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Akan
(al arabiya) العربية
Alternative Names
Not Available
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic
German Name
Akan-Sprache
Arabisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/
Ethnicity
Akan people
Arabs
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Semitic
Branch
Not Available
North Arabic
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Akan
Modern Standard Arabic
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Arabic
Scope
Macrolanguage
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
akan1251
arab1395
Linguasphere
No data available
12-AAC
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional, Synthetic
Akan and Arabic 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 Akan and Arabic greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Akan and Arabic language. Akan word for "Hello" is ete-sen or Arabic word for "Thank You" is شكرا. Find more of such common Akan Greetings and Arabic Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Akan vs Arabic Difficulty
The Akan vs Arabic difficulty level basically depends on the number of Akan Alphabets and Arabic 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 Akan and Arabic are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Akan and Arabic, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Akan is 44 weeks while to learn Arabic time required is 88 weeks.