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Akan and Hausa


Hausa and Akan


Countries

Countries
Ghana, Ivory coast   
Nigeria   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Ghana   
Gambia, Nigeria   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Nigeria   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Africa   

Minority Language
Benin, United States of America   
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo   

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.
  
  • Hausa language is the most important and the best known of the Chadic branch.
  • There are about one-fourth of Hausa words come from Arabic.
  

Similar To
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Derived From
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Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21   
3
44   
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
12   
9

How Many Consonants
16   
6
32   
22

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
ete-sen   
sannu   

Thank You
meda ase   
gode ku   

How Are You?
wo ho te sɛn?   
yaya dai   

Good Night
maadwo   
mai kyau dare   

Good Evening
maadwo   
barka da yamma   

Good Afternoon
maaha   
barka da rana   

Good Morning
maakye   
mai kyau safe   

Please
wae   
Don Allah   

Sorry
Kafra   
yi hakuri   

Bye
bye   
sai anjima   

I Love You
Me doכ wo   
Ina son ku   

Excuse Me
mepa wo kyɛw   
gafara dai   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Asante   
Gaananci   

Where They Speak
Ghana   
Ghana   

How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00   
13
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Akuapem   
Kurhwayanci   

Where They Speak
Ghana   
Niger   

How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00   
10
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Fante   
Daragaram   

Where They Speak
Ghana   
Niger   

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

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
20   
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
11.00 million   
99+
50.00 million   
28

Speaking Population
0.17 %   
99+
0.52 %   
28

Native Speakers
11.00 million   
99+
35.00 million   
27

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
15.00 million   
18

Native Name
Akan   
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa   

French Name
akan   
haoussa   

German Name
Akan-Sprache   
Haussa-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Akan people   
Hausa–Fulani people   

History

Origin
15   
14   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Chadic   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Akan   
Hausa   

Language Position
104   
99+
34   
27

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ak   
ha   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
aka   
hau   

ISO 639 2/B
aka   
hau   

ISO 639 3
aka   
hau   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
akan1251   
haus1257   

Linguasphere
No data available   
19-HAA-b   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional   

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

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Akan and Hausa Speaking population

Akan and Hausa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Akan and Hausa languages can be compared. The total count of Akan and Hausa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Akan language is 0.17 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Hausa language is 0.52 %. 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 Hausa on Akan vs Hausa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Akan and Hausa Language Codes

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

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