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Akan and Konkani


Konkani and Akan


Countries

Countries
Ghana, Ivory coast  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Ghana  
India  

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

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia  

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

Regulated By
Akan Orthography Committee  
Govenment of Goa  

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.
  
  • Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
  • Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  

Similar To
Not Available  
Marathi  

Derived From
Not Available  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21  
3
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
16  
13

How Many Consonants
16  
6
36  
26

Scripts
Latin  
Devanagari  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
4 weeks  
2

Greetings

Hello
ete-sen  
Namaskar  

Thank You
meda ase  
Dev Borem Korum  

How Are You?
wo ho te sɛn?  
kaso assa?  

Good Night
maadwo  
Rati Boren Zavonn  

Good Evening
maadwo  
Sanj Borem Zavonn  

Good Afternoon
maaha  
Not Available  

Good Morning
maakye  
Dis Borem Zavonn  

Please
wae  
Chike  

Sorry
Kafra  
Maf kor  

Bye
bye  
Adeus  

I Love You
Me doכ wo  
hav tujo mog korta.  

Excuse Me
mepa wo kyɛw  
upkar korxi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Asante  
Antruz  

Where They Speak
Ghana  
Goa  

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

Dialect 2
Akuapem  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Ghana  
Not Available  

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

Dialect 3
Fante  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Ghana  
Not Available  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
1  
1

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.17 %  
99+
0.11 %  
99+

Native Speakers
11.00 million  
99+
7.40 million  
99+

Native Name
Akan  
Kōṅkaṇī  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese  

French Name
akan  
konkani  

German Name
Akan-Sprache  
Konkani  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
kõkɳi  

Ethnicity
Akan people  
Konkanis  

History

Origin
15  
1209 A.D.  

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  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Akan  
Kokani  

Language Position
104  
99+
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
ak  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
aka  
kok  

ISO 639 2/B
aka  
kok  

ISO 639 3
aka  
kok  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
akan1251  
goan1235  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

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

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Akan and Konkani Speaking population

Akan and Konkani speaking population is one of the factors based on which Akan and Konkani languages can be compared. The total count of Akan and Konkani Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Akan language is 0.17 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Konkani language is 0.11 %. 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 Konkani on Akan vs Konkani where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Akan and Konkani Language Codes

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

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