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Countries

Countries

Cyprus, European Union, Greece
Ghana, Ivory coast

Total No. Of Countries

32
0 46
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National Language

Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Ghana

Second Language

Roman Empire
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Asia, Europe
Africa

Minority Language

Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Benin, United States of America

Regulated By

Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
Akan Orthography Committee

Interesting Facts

  • Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
  • The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
  • 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

Armenian
Ewe and Ga-Dangme Languages

Derived From

Latin
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2421
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

710
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1716
9 60
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Scripts

Arabic, Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

63
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

γεια σας (geia sas)
ete-sen

Thank You

ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
meda ase

How Are You?

πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
wo ho te sɛn?

Good Night

Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
maadwo

Good Evening

καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
maadwo

Good Afternoon

Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
maaha

Good Morning

καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
maakye

Please

παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
wae

Sorry

συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
Kafra

Bye

αντίο (antío)
bye

I Love You

Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Me doכ wo

Excuse Me

Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
mepa wo kyɛw

Dialects

Dialect 1

Cappadocian Greek
Asante

Where They Speak

Greece
Ghana

How Many People Speak

2,800.009,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Griko
Akuapem

Where They Speak

Italy
Ghana

How Many People Speak

50,000.009,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Mariupol
Fante

Where They Speak

Ukraine
Ghana

How Many People Speak

13,000,000.001,900,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

253
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

13.00 million11.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.18 %0.17 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

13.00 million11.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

13.00 million21.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

ελληνικά
Akan

Alternative Names

Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
Twi, Fante

French Name

grec moderne (après 1453)
akan

German Name

Neugriechisch
Akan-Sprache

Pronunciation

[eliniˈka]
[ˈaːkã]

Ethnicity

Greeks or Hellenes
Akan people

History

Origin

1500 BC
15

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup

Hellenic
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Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
No early forms

Standard Forms

Modern Greek
Akan

Language Position

74104
1 120
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Signed Forms

Greek Sign Language
Akan Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Macrolanguage

Code

ISO 639 1

el
ak

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

ell
aka

ISO 639 2/B

gre
aka

ISO 639 3

ell
aka

ISO 639 6

ells
aka

Glottocode

gree1276
akan1251

Linguasphere

56-AAA-a
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology

Fusional, Synthetic
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Greek and Akan Alphabets

Greek and Akan Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Greek and Akan. In Greek Alphabets there are 24 letters while in Akan Alphabets there are 21 letters. To learn Greek and Akan languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Greek and Akan languages. The Greek phonology consist Greek vowels and Greek consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Greek greetings vs Akan greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Greek and Akan are Most Spoken Languages.

All Greek and Akan Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Greek and Akan dialects. Various dialects of Greek and Akan language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Greek are spoken in different Greek Speaking Countries whereas Akan Dialects are spoken in different Akan speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Greek vs Akan Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Greek dialects include: Cappadocian Greek, Griko. Akan dialects include: Asante , Akuapem. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Greek and Akan Speaking population

Greek and Akan speaking population is one of the factors based on which Greek and Akan languages can be compared. The total count of Greek and Akan Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Akan language is 0.17 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Greek and Akan on Greek vs Akan where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Greek and Akan Language Codes

Greek and Akan language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Greek and Akan Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.