Countries
Ghana, Ivory coast
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
National Language
Ghana
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa, Asia
Minority Language
Benin, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Akan Orthography Committee
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council
Interesting Facts
- 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.
- Arabic is 5th common language in world.
- Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
Similar To
Not Available
Amharic and Hebrew
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
How Are You?
wo ho te sɛn?
كيف حالك؟
Good Night
maadwo
تصبح على خير
Good Evening
maadwo
مساء الخير
Good Afternoon
maaha
مساء الخير
Good Morning
maakye
صباح الخير
I Love You
Me doכ wo
أحبك
Excuse Me
mepa wo kyɛw
اعذرني
Dialect 1
Asante
Maghrebi
Where They Speak
Ghana
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Akuapem
Sudanese
Where They Speak
Ghana
Sudan
Dialect 3
Fante
Levantine
Where They Speak
Ghana
Cyprus, Levant
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Akan
(al arabiya) العربية
Alternative Names
Not Available
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic
German Name
Akan-Sprache
Arabisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/
Ethnicity
Akan people
Arabs
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Semitic
Branch
Not Available
North Arabic
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Akan
Modern Standard Arabic
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Arabic
Scope
Macrolanguage
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
akan1251
arab1395
Linguasphere
No data available
12-AAC
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional, Synthetic
All Akan and Arabic 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 Akan and Arabic dialects. Various dialects of Akan and Arabic language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Akan are spoken in different Akan Speaking Countries whereas Arabic Dialects are spoken in different Arabic speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Akan vs Arabic Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Akan dialects include: Asante, Akuapem. Arabic dialects include: Maghrebi , Sudanese. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Akan and Arabic Speaking population
Akan and Arabic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Akan and Arabic languages can be compared. The total count of Akan and Arabic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Akan language is 0.17 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Arabic language is 4.43 %. 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 Akan and Arabic on Akan vs Arabic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Akan and Arabic Language Codes
Akan and Arabic language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Akan and Arabic Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.