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Italian and Akan


Akan and Italian


Countries

Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City  
Ghana, Ivory coast  

Total No. Of Countries
7  
8
2  
13

National Language
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City  
Ghana  

Second Language
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Africa  

Minority Language
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia  
Benin, United States of America  

Regulated By
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)  
Akan Orthography Committee  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
  • Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  
  • 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
French and Portuguese Languages  
Ewe and Ga-Dangme Languages  

Derived From
Latin  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21  
3
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
10  
7

How Many Consonants
16  
6
16  
6

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
ciao  
ete-sen  

Thank You
grazie  
meda ase  

How Are You?
Come stai?  
wo ho te sɛn?  

Good Night
buonanotte  
maadwo  

Good Evening
buonasera  
maadwo  

Good Afternoon
buon pomeriggio  
maaha  

Good Morning
buongiorno  
maakye  

Please
Per Favore  
wae  

Sorry
scusate  
Kafra  

Bye
arrivederci  
bye  

I Love You
Ti amo  
Me doכ wo  

Excuse Me
Scusami  
mepa wo kyɛw  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Romanesco  
Asante  

Where They Speak
Lazio  
Ghana  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
9,000,000.00  
39

Dialect 2
Central Italian  
Akuapem  

Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria  
Ghana  

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

Dialect 3
Tuscan  
Fante  

Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria  
Ghana  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
15  
14
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
78.00 million  
21
11.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.90 %  
23
0.17 %  
99+

Native Speakers
64.00 million  
18
11.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
14.00 million  
36
21.00 million  
29

Native Name
Italiano  
Akan  

Alternative Names
Italiano  
Twi, Fante  

French Name
italien  
akan  

German Name
Italienisch  
Akan-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[itaˈljaːno]  
[ˈaːkã]  

Ethnicity
Italians  
Akan people  

History

Origin
960 BC  
15  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Italian  
Akan  

Language Position
27  
25
104  
99+

Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"  
Akan Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
it  
ak  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ita  
aka  

ISO 639 2/B
ita  
aka  

ISO 639 3
ita  
aka  

ISO 639 6
itas  
aka  

Glottocode
ital1282  
akan1251  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-q  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
-  

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All Italian 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 Italian and Akan dialects. Various dialects of Italian and Akan language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Italian are spoken in different Italian Speaking Countries whereas Akan Dialects are spoken in different Akan speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Italian vs Akan Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Italian dialects include: Romanesco, Central Italian. Akan dialects include: Asante , Akuapem. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Italian and Akan Speaking population

Italian and Akan speaking population is one of the factors based on which Italian and Akan languages can be compared. The total count of Italian and Akan Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Italian language is 0.90 % 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 Italian and Akan on Italian vs Akan where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Italian and Akan Language Codes

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

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