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Welsh and Akan


Akan and Welsh


Countries

Countries
Wales  
Ghana, Ivory coast  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Wales  
Ghana  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Africa  

Minority Language
Argentina, United Kingdom  
Benin, United States of America  

Regulated By
Welsh Language Commissioner  
Akan Orthography Committee  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the Celtic language still spoken with great numbers of speakers is Welsh language.
  • Welsh was evolved from British , which was spoken by ancient Britons.
  
  • 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
English Language  
Ewe and Ga-Dangme Languages  

Derived From
British Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
10  
7

How Many Consonants
21  
11
16  
6

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
10
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Helô  
ete-sen  

Thank You
Diolch  
meda ase  

How Are You?
Sut ydych chi?  
wo ho te sɛn?  

Good Night
Nos da  
maadwo  

Good Evening
Noswaith dda  
maadwo  

Good Afternoon
P'nawn da  
maaha  

Good Morning
Bore da  
maakye  

Please
os gwelwch yn dda  
wae  

Sorry
Mae'n ddrwg gennym  
Kafra  

Bye
Hwyl  
bye  

I Love You
Dw i'n dy garu di  
Me doכ wo  

Excuse Me
Esgusodwch fi  
mepa wo kyɛw  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Patagonian Welsh  
Asante  

Where They Speak
Argentina  
Ghana  

How Many People Speak
38,000.00  
99+
9,000,000.00  
39

Dialect 2
Y Wyndodeg  
Akuapem  

Where They Speak
Gwynedd  
Ghana  

How Many People Speak
700,000.00  
99+
9,000,000.00  
38

Dialect 3
Y Bowyseg  
Fante  

Where They Speak
Powys  
Ghana  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.24 %  
99+
0.17 %  
99+

Native Speakers
7.40 million  
99+
11.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
0.70 million  
99+
21.00 million  
29

Native Name
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg  
Akan  

Alternative Names
Cymraeg  
Twi, Fante  

French Name
gallois  
akan  

German Name
Kymrisch  
Akan-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]  
[ˈaːkã]  

Ethnicity
Welsh people  
Akan people  

History

Origin
9th Century  
15  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Celtic  
-  

Branch
Brythonic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Welsh  
Akan  

Language Position
31  
29
104  
99+

Signed Forms
Welsh Sign Language  
Akan Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
cy  
ak  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
cym  
aka  

ISO 639 2/B
wel  
aka  

ISO 639 3
cym  
aka  

ISO 639 6
cym  
aka  

Glottocode
wels1247  
akan1251  

Linguasphere
50-ABA  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
-  

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

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Welsh and Akan Speaking population

Welsh and Akan speaking population is one of the factors based on which Welsh and Akan languages can be compared. The total count of Welsh and Akan Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Welsh language is 0.24 % 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 Welsh and Akan on Welsh vs Akan where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Welsh and Akan Language Codes

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

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