Countries
Ghana, Ivory coast
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
National Language
Ghana
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Roman Empire
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Benin, United States of America
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Regulated By
Akan Orthography Committee
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
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.
- Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
- The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
Similar To
Not Available
Armenian
Derived From
Not Available
Latin
Alphabets in
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Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
ete-sen
γεια σας (geia sas)
Thank You
meda ase
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
How Are You?
wo ho te sɛn?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Good Night
maadwo
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Good Evening
maadwo
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Good Afternoon
maaha
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Good Morning
maakye
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Please
wae
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
Sorry
Kafra
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
I Love You
Me doכ wo
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Excuse Me
mepa wo kyɛw
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Dialect 1
Asante
Cappadocian Greek
Where They Speak
Ghana
Greece
Where They Speak
Ghana
Italy
Where They Speak
Ghana
Ukraine
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
Akan
ελληνικά
Alternative Names
Not Available
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
French Name
akan
grec moderne (après 1453)
German Name
Akan-Sprache
Neugriechisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[eliniˈka]
Ethnicity
Akan people
Greeks or Hellenes
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Hellenic
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Standard Forms
Akan
Modern Greek
Signed Forms
Not Available
Greek Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
ells
Glottocode
akan1251
gree1276
Linguasphere
No data available
56-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional, Synthetic
Akan and Greek 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 Greek greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Akan and Greek language. Akan word for "Hello" is ete-sen or Greek word for "Thank You" is ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱). Find more of such common Akan Greetings and Greek Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Akan vs Greek Difficulty
The Akan vs Greek difficulty level basically depends on the number of Akan Alphabets and Greek 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 Greek are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Akan and Greek, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Akan is 44 weeks while to learn Greek time required is 44 weeks.