Countries
Ghana, Ivory coast
  
India, Manipur
  
National Language
Ghana
  
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast 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
  
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
  
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.
  
- Meithei Language is currently classified as a vulnerable language by UNESCO.
- The oldest document in Methei language was dated back in 8th century were inscriptions on the copper plate.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Akan-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Meithei-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Bengali
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ete-sen
  
Khurumjari
  
Thank You
meda ase
  
Yamna nungaijare
  
How Are You?
wo ho te sɛn?
  
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
  
Good Night
maadwo
  
Athengba Ahing
  
Good Evening
maadwo
  
Not Available
  
Good Afternoon
maaha
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
maakye
  
Nongale haugatl
  
Please
wae
  
Chanbiduna
  
Sorry
Kafra
  
Saobiganu
  
Bye
bye
  
Chatcharage
  
I Love You
Me doכ wo
  
Eina nangbu nungsi
  
Excuse Me
mepa wo kyɛw
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 1
Asante
  
Loi
  
Where They Speak
Ghana
  
Burma, Laos
  
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00
  
13
Dialect 2
Akuapem
  
Pangal
  
Where They Speak
Ghana
  
Bangladesh, India
  
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00
  
10
Dialect 3
Fante
  
Meithei proper
  
Where They Speak
Ghana
  
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
  
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00
  
15
1,250,000.00
  
19
How Many People Speak?
11.00 million
  
99+
1.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
11.00 million
  
99+
1.50 million
  
99+
Native Name
Akan
  
মৈইতৈইলোন
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
  
French Name
akan
  
Meithei
  
German Name
Akan-Sprache
  
Meithei
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Akan people
  
Meithei people
  
Origin
15
  
1700
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Tibeto-Burman
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Akan
  
Standard Meithei
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
ak
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
aka
  
mni
  
ISO 639 2/B
aka
  
mni
  
ISO 639 3
aka
  
mni
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
akan1251
  
mani1292
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
omp
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Akan and Meithei Speaking population
Akan and Meithei speaking population is one of the factors based on which Akan and Meithei languages can be compared. The total count of Akan and Meithei Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Akan language is 0.17 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Meithei 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 Meithei on Akan vs Meithei where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Akan and Meithei Language Codes
Akan and Meithei language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Akan and Meithei Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.