Home
Languagevs


Akan vs Welsh


Welsh vs Akan


Countries

Countries
Ghana, Ivory coast  
Wales  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Ghana  
Wales  

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

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Europe  

Minority Language
Benin, United States of America  
Argentina, United Kingdom  

Regulated By
Akan Orthography Committee  
Welsh Language Commissioner  

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.
  
  • One of the Celtic language still spoken with great numbers of speakers is Welsh language.
  • Welsh was evolved from British , which was spoken by ancient Britons.
  

Similar To
Ewe and Ga-Dangme Languages  
English Language  

Derived From
-  
British Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21  
3
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
7  
4

How Many Consonants
16  
6
21  
11

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
30 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
ete-sen  
Helô  

Thank You
meda ase  
Diolch  

How Are You?
wo ho te sɛn?  
Sut ydych chi?  

Good Night
maadwo  
Nos da  

Good Evening
maadwo  
Noswaith dda  

Good Afternoon
maaha  
P'nawn da  

Good Morning
maakye  
Bore da  

Please
wae  
os gwelwch yn dda  

Sorry
Kafra  
Mae'n ddrwg gennym  

Bye
bye  
Hwyl  

I Love You
Me doכ wo  
Dw i'n dy garu di  

Excuse Me
mepa wo kyɛw  
Esgusodwch fi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Asante  
Patagonian Welsh  

Where They Speak
Ghana  
Argentina  

How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00  
39
38,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Akuapem  
Y Wyndodeg  

Where They Speak
Ghana  
Gwynedd  

How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00  
38
700,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Fante  
Y Bowyseg  

Where They Speak
Ghana  
Powys  

How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00  
99+
700,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
8  
8

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.17 %  
99+
0.24 %  
99+

Native Speakers
11.00 million  
99+
7.40 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
21.00 million  
29
0.70 million  
99+

Native Name
Akan  
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg  

Alternative Names
Twi, Fante  
Cymraeg  

French Name
akan  
gallois  

German Name
Akan-Sprache  
Kymrisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈaːkã]  
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]  

Ethnicity
Akan people  
Welsh people  

History

Origin
15  
9th Century  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Celtic  

Branch
-  
Brythonic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh  

Standard Forms
Akan  
Welsh  

Language Position
104  
99+
31  
29

Signed Forms
Akan Sign Language  
Welsh Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ak  
cy  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
aka  
cym  

ISO 639 2/B
aka  
wel  

ISO 639 3
aka  
cym  

ISO 639 6
aka  
cym  

Glottocode
akan1251  
wels1247  

Linguasphere
No data available  
50-ABA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Historical  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Verb-Subject-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Fusional  

Countries >>
<< All

Akan and Welsh Language History

Comparison of Akan vs Welsh language history gives us differences between origin of Akan and Welsh language. History of Akan language states that this language originated in 15 whereas history of Welsh language states that this language originated in 9th Century. 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 Welsh Language History.

Compare Easiest Languages to Learn

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

Akan vs Welsh Difficulty

The Akan vs Welsh difficulty level basically depends on the number of Akan Alphabets and Welsh 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 Welsh are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Akan and Welsh, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Akan is 44 weeks while to learn Welsh time required is 30 weeks.

Easiest Languages to Learn

Easiest Languages to Learn

» More Easiest Languages to Learn

Compare Easiest Languages to Learn

» More Compare Easiest Languages to Learn