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Welsh vs Akan


Akan vs 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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Welsh and Akan Language History

Comparison of Welsh vs Akan language history gives us differences between origin of Welsh and Akan language. History of Welsh language states that this language originated in 9th Century 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 Welsh and Akan Language History.

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

Welsh vs Akan Difficulty

The Welsh vs Akan difficulty level basically depends on the number of Welsh 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 Welsh and Akan are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Welsh and Akan, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Welsh is 30 weeks while to learn Akan time required is 44 weeks.

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