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Akan and Bengali


Bengali and Akan


Countries

Countries
Ghana, Ivory coast   
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
4   
11

National Language
Ghana   
Bangladesh, India   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
India   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia   

Minority Language
Benin, United States of America   
Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Maldives, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America   

Regulated By
Akan Orthography Committee   
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi   

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.
  
  • Bengali language is the World's sweetest language.
  • 21st February is celebrated as an International Mother Language day, which is based on Bengali language.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Assamese and Oriya   

Derived From
Not Available   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21   
3
51   
30

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
11   
8

How Many Consonants
16   
6
40   
29

Scripts
Latin   
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
ete-sen   
হ্যালো (Hyālō)   

Thank You
meda ase   
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)   

How Are You?
wo ho te sɛn?   
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)   

Good Night
maadwo   
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)   

Good Evening
maadwo   
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)   

Good Afternoon
maaha   
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)   

Good Morning
maakye   
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)   

Please
wae   
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)   

Sorry
Kafra   
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)   

Bye
bye   
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)   

I Love You
Me doכ wo   
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)   

Excuse Me
mepa wo kyɛw   
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Asante   
Chakma   

Where They Speak
Ghana   
Bangladesh, Burma, India   

How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00   
13
330,000.00   
36

Dialect 2
Akuapem   
Hajong   

Where They Speak
Ghana   
Bangladesh, India   

How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00   
10
71,000.00   
36

Dialect 3
Fante   
Rarhi   

Where They Speak
Ghana   
India   

How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00   
15
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
25   
21

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
11.00 million   
99+
215.00 million   
9

Speaking Population
0.17 %   
99+
3.11 %   
8

Native Speakers
11.00 million   
99+
196.00 million   
7

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
19.00 million   
16

Native Name
Akan   
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa   

French Name
akan   
bengali   

German Name
Akan-Sprache   
Bengali   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not available   

Ethnicity
Akan people   
Bengalis (Bengali people)   

History

Origin
15   
1000–1200 CE   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Abahatta, Old Bengali   

Standard Forms
Akan   
Bengali   

Language Position
104   
99+
4   
4

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ak   
bn   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
aka   
ben   

ISO 639 2/B
aka   
ben   

ISO 639 3
aka   
ben   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
akan1251   
beng1280   

Linguasphere
No data available   
59-AAF-u   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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

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Akan and Bengali Speaking population

Akan and Bengali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Akan and Bengali languages can be compared. The total count of Akan and Bengali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Akan language is 0.17 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Bengali language is 3.11 %. 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 Bengali on Akan vs Bengali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Akan and Bengali Language Codes

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

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