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Urdu vs Akan


Countries

Countries
Ghana, Ivory coast  
India, Pakistan  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Ghana  
Pakistan  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Pakistan  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia, Oceania  

Minority Language
Benin, United States of America  
India  

Regulated By
Akan Orthography Committee  
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan  

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.
  
  • Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
  • Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
  

Similar To
Ewe and Ga-Dangme Languages  
Arabic and Hindi Languages  

Derived From
-  
Ghaznavid Persian Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21  
3
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
10  
7

How Many Consonants
16  
6
40  
29

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
ete-sen  
خوش آمديد  

Thank You
meda ase  
آپ کا شکریہ  

How Are You?
wo ho te sɛn?  
آپ کیسے ہیں؟  

Good Night
maadwo  
گڈ نائٹ  

Good Evening
maadwo  
سلام علیکم  

Good Afternoon
maaha  
گڈ آفٹر نون  

Good Morning
maakye  
گڈ مارننگ  

Please
wae  
براہ مہربانی  

Sorry
Kafra  
معاف کرنا  

Bye
bye  
الوداع  

I Love You
Me doכ wo  
مجھے تم سے محبت  

Excuse Me
mepa wo kyɛw  
معاف کیجئے گا  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Asante  
Dakhini  

Where They Speak
Ghana  
India  

How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00  
39
11,000,000.00  
36

Dialect 2
Akuapem  
Hyderabadi Urdu  

Where They Speak
Ghana  
India  

How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00  
38
69,000,000.00  
12

Dialect 3
Fante  
Rekhta  

Where They Speak
Ghana  
South Asia  

How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00  
99+
69,000,000.00  
11

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
11.00 million  
99+
104.00 million  
15

Speaking Population
0.17 %  
99+
0.99 %  
21

Native Speakers
11.00 million  
99+
61.00 million  
19

Second Language Speakers
21.00 million  
29
43.00 million  
20

Native Name
Akan  
اُردُو  

Alternative Names
Twi, Fante  
Bihari  

French Name
akan  
ourdou  

German Name
Akan-Sprache  
Urdu  

Pronunciation
[ˈaːkã]  
[ˈʊrd̪u]  

Ethnicity
Akan people  
Urdu-speaking people  

History

Origin
15  
12th Century CE  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Akan  
Modern Standard Urdu  

Language Position
104  
99+
20  
18

Signed Forms
Akan Sign Language  
Signed Urdu  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ak  
ur  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
aka  
urd  

ISO 639 2/B
aka  
urd  

ISO 639 3
aka  
urd  

ISO 639 6
aka  
urd  

Glottocode
akan1251  
urdu1245  

Linguasphere
No data available  
59-AAF-q  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Fusional  

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Akan and Urdu Language History

Comparison of Akan vs Urdu language history gives us differences between origin of Akan and Urdu language. History of Akan language states that this language originated in 15 whereas history of Urdu language states that this language originated in 12th Century CE. 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 Urdu Language History.

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

Akan vs Urdu Difficulty

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

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