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Akan and Bhojpuri


Bhojpuri and Akan


Countries

Countries
Ghana, Ivory coast   
India, No official status   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
0   
15

National Language
Ghana   
India   

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

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia   

Minority Language
Benin, United States of America   
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago   

Regulated By
Akan Orthography Committee   
Not Available   

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.
  
  • Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
  • In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Maithili and Magahi   

Derived From
Not Available   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21   
3
43   
23

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
11   
8

How Many Consonants
16   
6
34   
24

Scripts
Latin   
Devanagari   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
ete-sen   
प्रणाम (prannam)   

Thank You
meda ase   
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)   

How Are You?
wo ho te sɛn?   
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)   

Good Night
maadwo   
राम राम (raam raam)   

Good Evening
maadwo   
राम राम (raam raam)   

Good Afternoon
maaha   
राम राम (raam raam)   

Good Morning
maakye   
राम राम (raam raam)   

Please
wae   
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)   

Sorry
Kafra   
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)   

Bye
bye   
प्रणाम (prannam)   

I Love You
Me doכ wo   
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)   

Excuse Me
mepa wo kyɛw   
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Asante   
Caribbean Hindustani   

Where They Speak
Ghana   
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago   

How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00   
13
16,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Akuapem   
Fiji Hindi   

Where They Speak
Ghana   
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America   

How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00   
10
380,000.00   
31

Dialect 3
Fante   
Tharu Bhojpuri   

Where They Speak
Ghana   
India   

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

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
13   
13

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
11.00 million   
99+
40.00 million   
31

Speaking Population
0.17 %   
99+
0.43 %   
31

Native Speakers
11.00 million   
99+
40.00 million   
24

Native Name
Akan   
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas   

French Name
akan   
bhojpuri   

German Name
Akan-Sprache   
Bhojpuri   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/   

Ethnicity
Akan people   
Not Available   

History

Origin
15   
19th Century   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Akan   
Bhojpuri   

Language Position
104   
99+
37   
29

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ak   
No data Available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
aka   
bho   

ISO 639 2/B
aka   
bho   

ISO 639 3
aka   
bho   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
akan1251   
bhoj1246   

Linguasphere
No data available   
59-AAF-sa   

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

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Akan and Bhojpuri Speaking population

Akan and Bhojpuri speaking population is one of the factors based on which Akan and Bhojpuri languages can be compared. The total count of Akan and Bhojpuri Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Akan language is 0.17 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Bhojpuri language is 0.43 %. 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 Bhojpuri on Akan vs Bhojpuri where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Akan and Bhojpuri Language Codes

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

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