Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
Ghana, Ivory coast
National Language
Russia
Ghana
Second Language
Afganistan
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Benin, United States of America
Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Akan Orthography Committee
Interesting Facts
- In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
- In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
- 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
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages
Ewe and Ga-Dangme Languages
Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)
ete-sen
Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)
meda ase
How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)
wo ho te sɛn?
Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)
maadwo
Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)
maadwo
Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')
maaha
Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)
maakye
Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)
wae
Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)
Kafra
Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)
bye
I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)
Me doכ wo
Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)
mepa wo kyɛw
Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian
Asante
Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan
Ghana
Dialect 2
Olonets
Akuapem
Where They Speak
Olonets
Ghana
Where They Speak
Novgorod
Ghana
Alternative Names
Russki
Twi, Fante
German Name
Russisch
Akan-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]
[ˈaːkã]
Ethnicity
Russians
Akan people
Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family
Niger-Congo Family
Early Forms
Old East Slavic
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Russian
Akan
Signed Forms
Signed Russian
Akan Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
Glottocode
russ1263
akan1251
Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
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Russian 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 Russian and Akan greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Russian and Akan language. Russian word for "Hello" is здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte) or Akan word for "Thank You" is meda ase. Find more of such common Russian Greetings and Akan Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Russian vs Akan Difficulty
The Russian vs Akan difficulty level basically depends on the number of Russian 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 Russian and Akan are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Russian and Akan, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Russian is 44 weeks while to learn Akan time required is 44 weeks.