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Akan and Sinhalese


Sinhalese and Akan


Countries

Countries
Ghana, Ivory coast   
Sri Lanka   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Ghana   
Sri Lanka   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Sri Lanka   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia   

Minority Language
Benin, United States of America   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Akan Orthography Committee   
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)   

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.
  
  • In Sinhalese language, there are many loanwords from Dravidian languages mainly Tamil, Portuguese, Dutch and English.
  • Sinhalese language has it own script/ writing system.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Maldivian Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21   
3
54   
33

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
18   
15

How Many Consonants
16   
6
36   
26

Scripts
Latin   
Sinhala alphabet   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
ete-sen   
හලෝ (halō)   

Thank You
meda ase   
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)   

How Are You?
wo ho te sɛn?   
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)   

Good Night
maadwo   
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)   

Good Evening
maadwo   
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)   

Good Afternoon
maaha   
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)   

Good Morning
maakye   
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)   

Please
wae   
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)   

Sorry
Kafra   
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)   

Bye
bye   
බායි (bāyi)   

I Love You
Me doכ wo   
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)   

Excuse Me
mepa wo kyɛw   
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Asante   
Vedda   

Where They Speak
Ghana   
Sri Lanka   

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

Dialect 2
Akuapem   
Not Available   

Where They Speak
Ghana   
Not Available   

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

Dialect 3
Fante   
Not Available   

Where They Speak
Ghana   
Not Available   

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

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
1   
1

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
11.00 million   
99+
16.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.17 %   
99+
0.25 %   
99+

Native Speakers
11.00 million   
99+
16.00 million   
39

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
2.00 million   
34

Native Name
Akan   
සිංහල (sĩhala)   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala   

French Name
akan   
singhalais   

German Name
Akan-Sprache   
Singhalesisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Akan people   
Sinhalese people   

History

Origin
15   
3   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Sinhalese Prakrit   

Standard Forms
Akan   
Modern Sinhalese   

Language Position
104   
99+
70   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ak   
si   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
aka   
sin   

ISO 639 2/B
aka   
sin   

ISO 639 3
aka   
sin   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
akan1251   
sinh1246   

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   
Fusional   

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All Akan and Sinhalese 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 Sinhalese dialects. Various dialects of Akan and Sinhalese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Akan are spoken in different Akan Speaking Countries whereas Sinhalese Dialects are spoken in different Sinhalese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Akan vs Sinhalese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Akan dialects include: Asante, Akuapem. Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda , Not Available. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Akan and Sinhalese Speaking population

Akan and Sinhalese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Akan and Sinhalese languages can be compared. The total count of Akan and Sinhalese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Akan language is 0.17 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 %. 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 Sinhalese on Akan vs Sinhalese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Akan and Sinhalese Language Codes

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

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