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Akan and Punjabi


Punjabi and Akan


Countries

Countries
Ghana, Ivory coast   
India, Pakistan   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
Ghana   
India, Pakistan   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Pakistan   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia   

Minority Language
Benin, United States of America   
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America   

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.
  
  • Punjabi is 2nd most spoken in United Kingdom and 4th most spoken in Canada.
  • Punjabi is tonal language, by using various tones Punjabi speakers are able to differentiate between words.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Hindi Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21   
3
53   
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
9   
6

How Many Consonants
16   
6
41   
30

Scripts
Latin   
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
6 weeks   
3

Greetings

Hello
ete-sen   
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)   

Thank You
meda ase   
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)   

How Are You?
wo ho te sɛn?   
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)   

Good Night
maadwo   
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)   

Good Evening
maadwo   
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)   

Good Afternoon
maaha   
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)   

Good Morning
maakye   
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)   

Please
wae   
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)   

Sorry
Kafra   
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)   

Bye
bye   
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)   

I Love You
Me doכ wo   
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)   

Excuse Me
mepa wo kyɛw   
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Asante   
Pothohari   

Where They Speak
Ghana   
Pakistan   

How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00   
13
2,500,000.00   
22

Dialect 2
Akuapem   
Saraiki   

Where They Speak
Ghana   
Afganistan, India, Pakistan   

How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00   
10
20,000,000.00   
5

Dialect 3
Fante   
Doabi   

Where They Speak
Ghana   
Pakistan, Punjab, India   

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

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
30   
24

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
11.00 million   
99+
154.30 million   
12

Speaking Population
0.17 %   
99+
1.44 %   
11

Native Speakers
11.00 million   
99+
100.00 million   
11

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
54.30 million   
12

Native Name
Akan   
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi   

French Name
akan   
pendjabi   

German Name
Akan-Sprache   
Pandschabi-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Availble   

Ethnicity
Akan people   
Punjabis   

History

Origin
15   
1000 AD   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi   

Standard Forms
Akan   
Modern Punjabi   

Language Position
104   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Indian Signing System (ISS)   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Not Available   

Code

ISO 639 1
ak   
pa   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
aka   
pan   

ISO 639 2/B
aka   
pan   

ISO 639 3
aka   
pan   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
akan1251   
panj1256   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Not Available   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional   

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

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Akan and Punjabi Speaking population

Akan and Punjabi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Akan and Punjabi languages can be compared. The total count of Akan and Punjabi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Akan language is 0.17 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Punjabi language is 1.44 %. 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 Punjabi on Akan vs Punjabi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Akan and Punjabi Language Codes

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

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