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Akan vs Konkani


Konkani vs Akan


Countries

Countries
Ghana, Ivory coast   
India   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Ghana   
India   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia   

Minority Language
Benin, United States of America   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Akan Orthography Committee   
Govenment of Goa   

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.
  
  • Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
  • Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Marathi   

Derived From
Not Available   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21   
3
52   
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
16   
13

How Many Consonants
16   
6
36   
26

Scripts
Latin   
Devanagari   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
4 weeks   
2

Greetings

Hello
ete-sen   
Namaskar   

Thank You
meda ase   
Dev Borem Korum   

How Are You?
wo ho te sɛn?   
kaso assa?   

Good Night
maadwo   
Rati Boren Zavonn   

Good Evening
maadwo   
Sanj Borem Zavonn   

Good Afternoon
maaha   
Not Available   

Good Morning
maakye   
Dis Borem Zavonn   

Please
wae   
Chike   

Sorry
Kafra   
Maf kor   

Bye
bye   
Adeus   

I Love You
Me doכ wo   
hav tujo mog korta.   

Excuse Me
mepa wo kyɛw   
upkar korxi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Asante   
Antruz   

Where They Speak
Ghana   
Goa   

How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00   
13
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Akuapem   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Ghana   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00   
10
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Fante   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Ghana   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00   
15
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
1   
1

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.17 %   
99+
0.11 %   
99+

Native Speakers
11.00 million   
99+
7.40 million   
99+

Native Name
Akan   
Kōṅkaṇī   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese   

French Name
akan   
konkani   

German Name
Akan-Sprache   
Konkani   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
kõkɳi   

Ethnicity
Akan people   
Konkanis   

History

Origin
15   
1209 A.D.   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Akan   
Kokani   

Language Position
104   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Indian Signing System (ISS)   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual, Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
ak   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
aka   
kok   

ISO 639 2/B
aka   
kok   

ISO 639 3
aka   
kok   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
akan1251   
goan1235   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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Akan and Konkani Language History

Comparison of Akan vs Konkani language history gives us differences between origin of Akan and Konkani language. History of Akan language states that this language originated in 15 whereas history of Konkani language states that this language originated in 1209 A.D.. 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 Konkani Language History.

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

Akan vs Konkani Difficulty

The Akan vs Konkani difficulty level basically depends on the number of Akan Alphabets and Konkani 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 Konkani are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Akan and Konkani, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Akan is 44 weeks while to learn Konkani time required is 4 weeks.

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