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Italian vs Akan


Akan vs 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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Italian and Akan Language History

Comparison of Italian vs Akan language history gives us differences between origin of Italian and Akan language. History of Italian language states that this language originated in 960 BC 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 Italian and Akan Language History.

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

Italian vs Akan Difficulty

The Italian vs Akan difficulty level basically depends on the number of Italian 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 Italian and Akan are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Italian and Akan, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Italian is 24 weeks while to learn Akan time required is 44 weeks.

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