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Croatian vs Akan


Akan vs Croatian


Countries

Countries
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia  
Ghana, Ivory coast  

Total No. Of Countries
9  
7
2  
13

National Language
Austria  
Ghana  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Africa  

Minority Language
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania  
Benin, United States of America  

Regulated By
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics  
Akan Orthography Committee  

Interesting Facts
  • In croatian language, everywhere there are words without vowels.
  • Though croatian language was born in 9th century, the first written document in croatian was in 11th century.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Serbain and Bosnian  
Ewe and Ga-Dangme Languages  

Derived From
Church Slavonic  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
10  
7

How Many Consonants
25  
15
16  
6

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

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  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
bok  
ete-sen  

Thank You
hvala  
meda ase  

How Are You?
kako si  
wo ho te sɛn?  

Good Night
laku noć  
maadwo  

Good Evening
dobra večer  
maadwo  

Good Afternoon
dobar dan  
maaha  

Good Morning
dobro jutro  
maakye  

Please
molim  
wae  

Sorry
Oprostite  
Kafra  

Bye
Doviđenja  
bye  

I Love You
Volim te  
Me doכ wo  

Excuse Me
Ispričavam se  
mepa wo kyɛw  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Chakavian  
Asante  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Ghana  

How Many People Speak
660,000.00  
99+
9,000,000.00  
39

Dialect 2
Chakavian  
Akuapem  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Ghana  

How Many People Speak
5,500,000.00  
99+
9,000,000.00  
38

Dialect 3
Shtokavian  
Fante  

Where They Speak
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania  
Ghana  

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
28
1,900,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
79  
33
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
89.00 million  
18
11.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
89.00 %  
1
0.17 %  
99+

Native Speakers
5.60 million  
99+
11.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
1.25 million  
99+
21.00 million  
29

Native Name
hrvatski  
Akan  

Alternative Names
Hrvatski  
Twi, Fante  

French Name
croate  
akan  

German Name
Kroatisch  
Akan-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]  
[ˈaːkã]  

Ethnicity
Croats  
Akan people  

History

Origin
9th century  
15  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian  
Akan  

Language Position
23  
21
104  
99+

Signed Forms
Croatian Sign Language  
Akan Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
hr  
ak  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hrv  
aka  

ISO 639 2/B
hrv  
aka  

ISO 639 3
hrv  
aka  

ISO 639 6
hrv  
aka  

Glottocode
croa1245  
akan1251  

Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
-  

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Croatian and Akan Language History

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

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

Croatian vs Akan Difficulty

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

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