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Akan and Oriya


Oriya 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  
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.
  
  • The earliest literature in Oriya was traced in 7th to 9th centuries.
  • Since Odia is having a long literary history and has not borrowed largely from other languages, it is the 6th classical language in India.
  

Similar To
Not Available  
Bengali and Assamese  

Derived From
Not Available  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21  
3
42  
22

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
11  
8

How Many Consonants
16  
6
31  
21

Scripts
Latin  
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)  

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
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
ete-sen  
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)  

Thank You
meda ase  
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)  

How Are You?
wo ho te sɛn?  
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)  

Good Night
maadwo  
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)  

Good Evening
maadwo  
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)  

Good Afternoon
maaha  
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)  

Good Morning
maakye  
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)  

Please
wae  
Not Available  

Sorry
Kafra  
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)  

Bye
bye  
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)  

I Love You
Me doכ wo  
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)  

Excuse Me
mepa wo kyɛw  
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Asante  
Baleswari  

Where They Speak
Ghana  
India  

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

Dialect 2
Akuapem  
Ganjami  

Where They Speak
Ghana  
India  

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

Dialect 3
Fante  
Kosli  

Where They Speak
Ghana  
India  

How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00  
15
520,000.00  
21

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
8  
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
11.00 million  
99+
33.00 million  
34

Speaking Population
0.17 %  
99+
0.50 %  
29

Native Speakers
11.00 million  
99+
33.00 million  
28

Native Name
Akan  
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia  

French Name
akan  
oriya  

German Name
Akan-Sprache  
Oriya-Sprache  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[ˈoɽia]  

Ethnicity
Akan people  
Odias  

History

Origin
15  
3 BC  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Not Available  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Akan  
Standard Odia  

Language Position
104  
99+
32  
26

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Indian Signing System  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
ak  
or  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
aka  
ori  

ISO 639 2/B
aka  
ori  

ISO 639 3
aka  
ori  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
akan1251  
macr1269  

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

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Akan and Oriya Speaking population

Akan and Oriya speaking population is one of the factors based on which Akan and Oriya languages can be compared. The total count of Akan and Oriya Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Akan language is 0.17 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Oriya language is 0.50 %. 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 Oriya on Akan vs Oriya where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Akan and Oriya Language Codes

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

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