Akan and Santali
Countries
Ghana, Ivory coast
India
National Language
Ghana
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
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.
- Santali language was an oral language till nineteenth century.
- Before the invention of Santali alphabets, Santali was written with the Bengali or Odia alphabets.
Similar To
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Munda Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Latin
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Language Levels
Not Available
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
Thank You
meda ase
Adi Johar
How Are You?
wo ho te sɛn?
Cet’leka menama?
Good Night
maadwo
Boge Ninda
Good Evening
maadwo
Boge Ayup’
Good Afternoon
maaha
Not Available
Good Morning
maakye
Boge Setak’
Sorry
Kafra
Not Available
I Love You
Me doכ wo
Not Available
Excuse Me
mepa wo kyɛw
Not Available
Where They Speak
Ghana
India
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Akuapem
Not present
Where They Speak
Ghana
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Fante
Not present
Where They Speak
Ghana
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
Akan
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
Alternative Names
Not Available
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
German Name
Akan-Sprache
Santali
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Akan people
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
Not Available
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Branch
Not Available
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Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Akan
Santali
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
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Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
ak
No data available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
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Glottocode
akan1251
sant1410
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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All Akan and Santali 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 Santali dialects. Various dialects of Akan and Santali language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Akan are spoken in different Akan Speaking Countries whereas Santali Dialects are spoken in different Santali speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Akan vs Santali Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Akan dialects include: Asante, Akuapem. Santali dialects include: Mahali Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Akan and Santali Speaking population
Akan and Santali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Akan and Santali languages can be compared. The total count of Akan and Santali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Akan language is 0.17 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Santali 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 Santali on Akan vs Santali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Akan and Santali Language Codes
Akan and Santali language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Akan and Santali Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.