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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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