Countries
Ghana, Ivory coast
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
National Language
Ghana
Portugal
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
United States of America
Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
Minority Language
Benin, United States of America
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
Regulated By
Akan Orthography Committee
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
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.
- Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
- The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.
Similar To
Ewe and Ga-Dangme Languages
Spanish and Galician Languages
Alphabets in
Akan-Alphabets.jpg#200
Portuguese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
meda ase
obrigado
How Are You?
wo ho te sɛn?
Como você está?
Good Night
maadwo
boa noite
Good Evening
maadwo
boa Noite
Good Afternoon
maaha
boa Tarde
Good Morning
maakye
bom Dia
I Love You
Me doכ wo
Eu te amo
Excuse Me
mepa wo kyɛw
desculpe me
Dialect 1
Asante
Brazilian Portuguese
Where They Speak
Ghana
Brazil
Dialect 2
Akuapem
European Portuguese
Where They Speak
Ghana
Portugal
Dialect 3
Fante
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Where They Speak
Ghana
Daman and Diu
Native Name
Akan
Português
Alternative Names
Twi, Fante
Português
French Name
akan
portugais
German Name
Akan-Sprache
Portugiesisch
Pronunciation
[ˈaːkã]
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
Ethnicity
Akan people
Portuguese people or portugueses
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
No early forms
Medieval Galician
Standard Forms
Akan
Portuguese
Signed Forms
Akan Sign Language
Signed Portuguese
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
Glottocode
akan1251
port1283
Linguasphere
No data available
51-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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Akan and Portuguese 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 Portuguese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Akan and Portuguese language. Akan word for "Hello" is ete-sen or Portuguese word for "Thank You" is obrigado. Find more of such common Akan Greetings and Portuguese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Akan vs Portuguese Difficulty
The Akan vs Portuguese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Akan Alphabets and Portuguese 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 Portuguese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Akan and Portuguese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Akan is 44 weeks while to learn Portuguese time required is 24 weeks.