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Akan and Kirundi


Kirundi and Akan


Countries

Countries
Ghana, Ivory coast   
Burma   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Ghana   
Burundi, Gambia   

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

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Africa, Asia   

Minority Language
Benin, United States of America   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

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.
  
  • Kirundi language is tonal, since it has high and low essential tones.
  • Kirundi Language is referred as a language where Meeussen's rule is active, this rule describes a certain pattern of tonal change in Bantu languages.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Kinyarwanda Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21   
3
21   
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
5   
2

How Many Consonants
16   
6
19   
9

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
ete-sen   
Bwakeye   

Thank You
meda ase   
Urakoze   

How Are You?
wo ho te sɛn?   
Urakomeye?   

Good Night
maadwo   
Ijoro ryiza   

Good Evening
maadwo   
Mwiriwe   

Good Afternoon
maaha   
Mwiriwe   

Good Morning
maakye   
Mwaramutse   

Please
wae   
Ndagusavye   

Sorry
Kafra   
Not available   

Bye
bye   
N’agasaga   

I Love You
Me doכ wo   
Not available   

Excuse Me
mepa wo kyɛw   
Not available   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Asante   
Rwanda-Rundi   

Where They Speak
Ghana   
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda   

How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00   
13
20,000,000.00   
10

Dialect 2
Akuapem   
Ha   

Where They Speak
Ghana   
Tanzania   

How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00   
10
990,000.00   
25

Dialect 3
Fante   
Shubi   

Where They Speak
Ghana   
Tanzania   

How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00   
15
153,000.00   
24

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
6   
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
11.00 million   
99+
8.80 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.17 %   
99+
0.13 %   
99+

Native Speakers
11.00 million   
99+
8.80 million   
99+

Native Name
Akan   
íkiRǔndi   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Not Available   

French Name
akan   
rundi   

German Name
Akan-Sprache   
Kirundi   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Akan people   
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa   

History

Origin
15   
1500   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Akan   
Kirundi   

Language Position
104   
99+
86   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Not Available   

Code

ISO 639 1
ak   
rn   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
aka   
run   

ISO 639 2/B
aka   
run   

ISO 639 3
aka   
run   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
akan1251   
rund1242   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Not Available   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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

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Akan and Kirundi Speaking population

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Akan and Kirundi Language Codes

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