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Akan and English


English and Akan


Countries

Countries
Ghana, Ivory coast   
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
33   
2

National Language
Ghana   
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America   

Minority Language
Benin, United States of America   
South Africa   

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.
  
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Not Available   

Derived From
Not Available   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21   
3
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
5   
2

How Many Consonants
16   
6
21   
11

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
7   
6

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
6 weeks   
3

Greetings

Hello
ete-sen   
Hello   

Thank You
meda ase   
Thank you   

How Are You?
wo ho te sɛn?   
How are you?   

Good Night
maadwo   
Good Night   

Good Evening
maadwo   
Good Evening   

Good Afternoon
maaha   
Good Afternoon   

Good Morning
maakye   
Good Morning   

Please
wae   
Please   

Sorry
Kafra   
Sorry   

Bye
bye   
Bye   

I Love You
Me doכ wo   
I love you   

Excuse Me
mepa wo kyɛw   
Excuse Me   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Asante   
American English   

Where They Speak
Ghana   
United States of America   

How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00   
13
225,000,000.00   
3

Dialect 2
Akuapem   
Hiberno-English   

Where They Speak
Ghana   
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom   

How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00   
10
4,500,000.00   
15

Dialect 3
Fante   
Welsh English   

Where They Speak
Ghana   
United Kingdom   

How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00   
15
2,500,000.00   
14

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
188   
34

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
11.00 million   
99+
1,200.00 million   
1

Speaking Population
0.17 %   
99+
5.43 %   
4

Native Speakers
11.00 million   
99+
400.00 million   
3

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
400.00 million   
1

Native Name
Akan   
English   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Not Available   

French Name
akan   
anglais   

German Name
Akan-Sprache   
Englisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/   

Ethnicity
Akan people   
Not Available   

History

Origin
15   
5th Century AD   

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   
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English   

Standard Forms
Akan   
Standard English   

Language Position
104   
99+
3   
3

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed English   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ak   
en   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
aka   
eng   

ISO 639 2/B
aka   
eng   

ISO 639 3
aka   
eng   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
engs   

Glottocode
akan1251   
stan1293   

Linguasphere
No data available   
52-ABA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic   

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

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Akan and English Speaking population

Akan and English speaking population is one of the factors based on which Akan and English languages can be compared. The total count of Akan and English Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Akan language is 0.17 % whereas the percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 %. 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 English on Akan vs English where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Akan and English Language Codes

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

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