Countries
Ghana, Ivory coast
  
Philippines
  
National Language
Ghana
  
Philippines
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Philippines
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Benin, United States of America
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Akan Orthography Committee
  
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters
  
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.
  
- About one-fifth of the population of the philippines speak cebuano and are second largest ethnolinguistic group in the country.
- Cebuano contains many words of Spanish origin.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Hiligaynon Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Island of Cebu
  
Alphabets in
Akan-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Cebuano-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ete-sen
  
Hoy
  
Thank You
meda ase
  
Salamat
  
How Are You?
wo ho te sɛn?
  
Kumusta man ka?
  
Good Night
maadwo
  
Maayong Gabii
  
Good Evening
maadwo
  
Maayong Gabii
  
Good Afternoon
maaha
  
Maayong Hapon
  
Good Morning
maakye
  
Maayong Buntag
  
Please
wae
  
Palihug
  
Sorry
Kafra
  
Ikasubo ko
  
Bye
bye
  
Babay
  
I Love You
Me doכ wo
  
Gihigugma ko ikaw
  
Excuse Me
mepa wo kyɛw
  
Ekskyus mi
  
Dialect 1
Asante
  
Boholano
  
Where They Speak
Ghana
  
Bohol
  
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00
  
13
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Akuapem
  
Southern Kana
  
Where They Speak
Ghana
  
southern Leyte
  
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00
  
10
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Fante
  
North Kana
  
Where They Speak
Ghana
  
northern part of Leyte
  
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00
  
15
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
11.00 million
  
99+
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
11.00 million
  
99+
21.00 million
  
36
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
14.50 million
  
19
Native Name
Akan
  
Visayan
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
  
French Name
akan
  
cebuano
  
German Name
Akan-Sprache
  
Cebuano
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Akan people
  
Cebuano people
  
Origin
15
  
16th century
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Akan
  
Standard Cebuano
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ak
  
No data Available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
aka
  
ceb
  
ISO 639 2/B
aka
  
ceb
  
ISO 639 3
aka
  
ceb
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
akan1251
  
cebu1242
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
All Akan and Cebuano 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 Cebuano dialects. Various dialects of Akan and Cebuano language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Akan are spoken in different Akan Speaking Countries whereas Cebuano Dialects are spoken in different Cebuano speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Akan vs Cebuano Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Akan dialects include: Asante, Akuapem. Cebuano dialects include: Boholano , Southern Kana. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Akan and Cebuano Speaking population
Akan and Cebuano speaking population is one of the factors based on which Akan and Cebuano languages can be compared. The total count of Akan and Cebuano Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Akan language is 0.17 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Cebuano language is 0.32 %. 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 Cebuano on Akan vs Cebuano where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Akan and Cebuano Language Codes
Akan and Cebuano language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Akan and Cebuano Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.