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Akan vs Galician


Galician vs Akan


Countries

Countries
Ghana, Ivory coast  
Galicia  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Ghana  
Galicia  

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  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Akan Orthography Committee  
Royal Galician Academy (Real Academia Galega)  

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.
  
  • In Galician language, there are no compound tenses.
  • The earliest document in Galician language was written in 1228 which was legal charter for a municipality of Galicia.
  

Similar To
Ewe and Ga-Dangme Languages  
Portuguese Language  

Derived From
-  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21  
3
23  
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
7  
4

How Many Consonants
16  
6
19  
9

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
28 weeks  
9

Greetings

Hello
ete-sen  
Ola  

Thank You
meda ase  
Grazas  

How Are You?
wo ho te sɛn?  
Que tal estás?  

Good Night
maadwo  
Boas noites  

Good Evening
maadwo  
Boa tarde  

Good Afternoon
maaha  
Boa tarde  

Good Morning
maakye  
Bos días  

Please
wae  
Por favor  

Sorry
Kafra  
Síntoo!  

Bye
bye  
Adeus  

I Love You
Me doכ wo  
Ámote  

Excuse Me
mepa wo kyɛw  
Perdoe!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Asante  
Eastern Galician  

Where They Speak
Ghana  
East Galicia  

How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00  
39
2,700,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Akuapem  
Central Galician  

Where They Speak
Ghana  
Central Galicia  

How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00  
38
2,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Fante  
Western Galician  

Where They Speak
Ghana  
West Galicia  

How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00  
99+
3,000,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.17 %  
99+
0.05 %  
99+

Native Speakers
11.00 million  
99+
2.40 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
21.00 million  
29
3.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Akan  
Galego  

Alternative Names
Twi, Fante  
Galego, Gallego  

French Name
akan  
galicien  

German Name
Akan-Sprache  
Galicisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈaːkã]  
[ɡaˈleɣo]  

Ethnicity
Akan people  
Galician people  

History

Origin
15  
c. 1175  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Medieval Galician  

Standard Forms
Akan  
Galician  

Language Position
104  
99+
46  
99+

Signed Forms
Akan Sign Language  
Galician Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ak  
gl  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
aka  
glg  

ISO 639 2/B
aka  
glg  

ISO 639 3
aka  
glg  

ISO 639 6
aka  
glg  

Glottocode
akan1251  
gali1258  

Linguasphere
No data available  
51-AAA-ab  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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Akan and Galician Language History

Comparison of Akan vs Galician language history gives us differences between origin of Akan and Galician language. History of Akan language states that this language originated in 15 whereas history of Galician language states that this language originated in c. 1175. 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 Akan and Galician Language History.

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

Akan vs Galician Difficulty

The Akan vs Galician difficulty level basically depends on the number of Akan Alphabets and Galician 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 Galician are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Akan and Galician, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Akan is 44 weeks while to learn Galician time required is 28 weeks.

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