Countries
Ghana, Ivory coast
  
Laos
  
National Language
Ghana
  
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
  
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
  
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.
  
- There is no space left between words, only between phrases or sentences in Lao language.
- The Lao alphabets has been reformed many times over the past 50 years.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Thai Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
  
Alphabets in
Akan-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Thai and Lao Braille
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ete-sen
  
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
  
Thank You
meda ase
  
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
  
How Are You?
wo ho te sɛn?
  
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
  
Good Night
maadwo
  
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
  
Good Evening
maadwo
  
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
  
Good Afternoon
maaha
  
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
  
Good Morning
maakye
  
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
  
Please
wae
  
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
  
Sorry
Kafra
  
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
  
Bye
bye
  
Sôhk dii der
  
I Love You
Me doכ wo
  
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
  
Excuse Me
mepa wo kyɛw
  
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
  
Dialect 1
Asante
  
Vientiane Lao
  
Where They Speak
Ghana
  
Laos
  
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00
  
13
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Akuapem
  
Northern Lao
  
Where They Speak
Ghana
  
Laos
  
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00
  
10
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Fante
  
Central Lao
  
Where They Speak
Ghana
  
Laos
  
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00
  
15
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
11.00 million
  
99+
25.00 million
  
40
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
11.00 million
  
99+
25.00 million
  
32
Native Name
Akan
  
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Eastern Thai, Lào, Lao Kao, Lao Wiang, Lao-Lum, Lao-Noi, Lao-Tai, Laotian, Laotian Tai, Lum Lao, Phou Lao, Rong Kong, Tai Lao
  
French Name
akan
  
lao
  
German Name
Akan-Sprache
  
Laotisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
pʰáːsǎː láːw
  
Ethnicity
Akan people
  
Not Available
  
Origin
15
  
1283 CE
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Tai-Kadai Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Tai
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No Early forms
  
Standard Forms
Akan
  
Lao
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ak
  
lo
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
aka
  
lao
  
ISO 639 2/B
aka
  
lao
  
ISO 639 3
aka
  
lao
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
akan1251
  
laoo1244
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Isolating
  
Akan and Lao Speaking population
Akan and Lao speaking population is one of the factors based on which Akan and Lao languages can be compared. The total count of Akan and Lao Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Akan language is 0.17 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Lao language is Not Available. 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 Lao on Akan vs Lao where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Akan and Lao Language Codes
Akan and Lao language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Akan and Lao Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.