Countries
Ghana, Ivory coast
Myanmar
National Language
Ghana
Myanmar
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Bangladesh, Burma
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Benin, United States of America
Mon
Regulated By
Akan Orthography Committee
Myanmar Language Commission
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.
- The naming of people in Burmese is strange. There is no last name, often name is rhymed such as Ming Ming, Mo Mo or Jo Jo.
- It appears as odd language to many people because it has peculiar pitch register, tonal form as language.
Similar To
Ewe and Ga-Dangme Languages
Thai Language
Derived From
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Pali Language
Alphabets in
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Burmese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
ete-sen
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
Thank You
meda ase
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
How Are You?
wo ho te sɛn?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
Good Night
maadwo
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
Good Evening
maadwo
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
Good Afternoon
maaha
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
Good Morning
maakye
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
Please
wae
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
Sorry
Kafra
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
Bye
bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
I Love You
Me doכ wo
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
Excuse Me
mepa wo kyɛw
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
Dialect 1
Asante
Arakanese
Where They Speak
Ghana
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
Dialect 2
Akuapem
Tavoyan
Where They Speak
Ghana
Myanmar
Where They Speak
Ghana
Burma
Native Name
Akan
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
Alternative Names
Twi, Fante
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
German Name
Akan-Sprache
Birmanisch
Pronunciation
[ˈaːkã]
[bəmɛ̀]
Ethnicity
Akan people
Bamar people
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
Standard Forms
Akan
Modern Burmese
Signed Forms
Akan Sign Language
Burmese sign language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
Glottocode
akan1251
sout3159
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Analytic, Isolating
Akan and Burmese 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 Burmese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Akan and Burmese language. Akan word for "Hello" is ete-sen or Burmese word for "Thank You" is ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai). Find more of such common Akan Greetings and Burmese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Akan vs Burmese Difficulty
The Akan vs Burmese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Akan Alphabets and Burmese 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 Burmese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Akan and Burmese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Akan is 44 weeks while to learn Burmese time required is 44 weeks.