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Akan vs Mongolian


Countries

Countries
China, Mongolia  
Ghana, Ivory coast  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
China, Mongolia  
Ghana  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Benin, United States of America  

Regulated By
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)  
Akan Orthography Committee  

Interesting Facts
  • Mongolian was first written using Phagspa script in late 13th century.
  • There is no connection between Mongolian, Japanese and Korean, but still in terms of grammar and sentence structure they are very similar.
  
  • 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
Turkish Language  
Ewe and Ga-Dangme Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
35  
17
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
13  
10
10  
7

How Many Consonants
20  
10
16  
6

Scripts
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
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
Сайн уу (Sain uu)  
ete-sen  

Thank You
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)  
meda ase  

How Are You?
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)  
wo ho te sɛn?  

Good Night
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)  
maadwo  

Good Evening
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)  
maadwo  

Good Afternoon
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)  
maaha  

Good Morning
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)  
maakye  

Please
Хэрэв (Kherev)  
wae  

Sorry
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)  
Kafra  

Bye
Баяртай (Bayartai)  
bye  

I Love You
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)  
Me doכ wo  

Excuse Me
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)  
mepa wo kyɛw  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Khalkha Mongolian  
Asante  

Where They Speak
Mongolia  
Ghana  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
9,000,000.00  
39

Dialect 2
Ordos Mongolian  
Akuapem  

Where They Speak
Mongolia  
Ghana  

How Many People Speak
123,000.00  
99+
9,000,000.00  
38

Dialect 3
Khorchin Mongolian  
Fante  

Where They Speak
Mongolia  
Ghana  

How Many People Speak
5,700,000.00  
35
1,900,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.14 %  
99+
0.17 %  
99+

Native Speakers
5.70 million  
99+
11.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
21.00 million  
29

Native Name
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)  
Akan  

Alternative Names
Khalkha, Buryat, Oirat  
Twi, Fante  

French Name
mongol  
akan  

German Name
Mongolisch  
Akan-Sprache  

Pronunciation
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/  
[ˈaːkã]  

Ethnicity
Mongols  
Akan people  

History

Origin
1224-1225  
15  

Language Family
Mongolic family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Mongolian  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian  
Akan  

Language Position
26  
24
104  
99+

Signed Forms
Mongolian Sign Language  
Akan Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
mn  
ak  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mon  
aka  

ISO 639 2/B
mon  
aka  

ISO 639 3
mon  
aka  

ISO 639 6
mon  
aka  

Glottocode
mong1331  
akan1251  

Linguasphere
part of 44-BAA-b  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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Mongolian and Akan Language History

Comparison of Mongolian vs Akan language history gives us differences between origin of Mongolian and Akan language. History of Mongolian language states that this language originated in 1224-1225 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 Mongolian and Akan Language History.

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

Mongolian vs Akan Difficulty

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

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