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Akan vs Hausa


Hausa vs Akan


Countries

Countries
Ghana, Ivory coast  
Nigeria  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Ghana  
Gambia, Nigeria  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Nigeria  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Africa  

Minority Language
Benin, United States of America  
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo  

Regulated By
Akan Orthography Committee  
-  

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.
  
  • Hausa language is the most important and the best known of the Chadic branch.
  • There are about one-fourth of Hausa words come from Arabic.
  

Similar To
Ewe and Ga-Dangme Languages  
Yoruba and Igbo Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21  
3
44  
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
12  
9

How Many Consonants
16  
6
32  
22

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
ete-sen  
sannu  

Thank You
meda ase  
gode ku  

How Are You?
wo ho te sɛn?  
yaya dai  

Good Night
maadwo  
mai kyau dare  

Good Evening
maadwo  
barka da yamma  

Good Afternoon
maaha  
barka da rana  

Good Morning
maakye  
mai kyau safe  

Please
wae  
Don Allah  

Sorry
Kafra  
yi hakuri  

Bye
bye  
sai anjima  

I Love You
Me doכ wo  
Ina son ku  

Excuse Me
mepa wo kyɛw  
gafara dai  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Asante  
Gaananci  

Where They Speak
Ghana  
Ghana  

How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00  
39
50,000,000.00  
14

Dialect 2
Akuapem  
Kurhwayanci  

Where They Speak
Ghana  
Niger  

How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00  
38
150,000,000.00  
3

Dialect 3
Fante  
Daragaram  

Where They Speak
Ghana  
Niger  

How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00  
99+
50.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
20  
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
11.00 million  
99+
50.00 million  
28

Speaking Population
0.17 %  
99+
0.52 %  
30

Native Speakers
11.00 million  
99+
35.00 million  
27

Second Language Speakers
21.00 million  
29
15.00 million  
34

Native Name
Akan  
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)  

Alternative Names
Twi, Fante  
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa  

French Name
akan  
haoussa  

German Name
Akan-Sprache  
Haussa-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[ˈaːkã]  
[hàʊsà]  

Ethnicity
Akan people  
Hausa–Fulani people  

History

Origin
15  
14  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
-  
Chadic  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Akan  
Hausa  

Language Position
104  
99+
34  
32

Signed Forms
Akan Sign Language  
Signed Hausa  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ak  
ha  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
aka  
hau  

ISO 639 2/B
aka  
hau  

ISO 639 3
aka  
hau  

ISO 639 6
aka  
hau  

Glottocode
akan1251  
haus1257  

Linguasphere
No data available  
19-HAA-b  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Fusional  

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Akan and Hausa Language History

Comparison of Akan vs Hausa language history gives us differences between origin of Akan and Hausa language. History of Akan language states that this language originated in 15 whereas history of Hausa language states that this language originated in 14. 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 Hausa Language History.

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

Akan vs Hausa Difficulty

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

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