Countries
Ghana, Ivory coast
  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
  
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 in
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Bengali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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)
  
Dialect 1
Asante
  
Chakma
  
Where They Speak
Ghana
  
Bangladesh, Burma, India
  
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00
  
13
Dialect 2
Akuapem
  
Hajong
  
Where They Speak
Ghana
  
Bangladesh, India
  
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00
  
10
Dialect 3
Fante
  
Rarhi
  
Where They Speak
Ghana
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00
  
15
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
11.00 million
  
99+
215.00 million
  
9
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)
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.