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Akan and Tagalog


Tagalog and Akan


Countries

Countries
Ghana, Ivory coast   
Philippines   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Ghana   
Philippines   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Filipinos   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia, Australia   

Minority Language
Benin, United States of America   
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom   

Regulated By
Akan Orthography Committee   
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee   

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 1593, "Doctrina Christiana" was first book written in two versions of Tagalog.
  • The name "Tagalog" means "native to" and "river". "Tagalog"is derived from taga ilog, which means "inhabitants of the river".
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21   
3
25   
7

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
5   
2

How Many Consonants
16   
6
18   
8

Scripts
Latin   
Baybayin   

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   
Kamusta   

Thank You
meda ase   
Salamat po   

How Are You?
wo ho te sɛn?   
Kamusta ka na?   

Good Night
maadwo   
Magandang gabi   

Good Evening
maadwo   
Magandang gabi po   

Good Afternoon
maaha   
Magandang hapon po   

Good Morning
maakye   
Magandang umaga po   

Please
wae   
pakiusap   

Sorry
Kafra   
pinagsisisihan   

Bye
bye   
Paálam   

I Love You
Me doכ wo   
Iniibig kita   

Excuse Me
mepa wo kyɛw   
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Asante   
Batangas Tagalog   

Where They Speak
Ghana   
Batangas, Gabon   

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

Dialect 2
Akuapem   
Bisalog   

Where They Speak
Ghana   
Philippines   

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

Dialect 3
Fante   
Filipino   

Where They Speak
Ghana   
Philippines   

How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00   
15
90,000.00   
30

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
11.00 million   
99+
73.00 million   
24

Speaking Population
0.17 %   
99+
0.42 %   
32

Native Speakers
11.00 million   
99+
28.00 million   
29

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
45.00 million   
13

Native Name
Akan   
Tagalog   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Filipino, Pilipino   

French Name
akan   
tagalog   

German Name
Akan-Sprache   
Tagalog   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]   

Ethnicity
Akan people   
Tagalog people   

History

Origin
15   
1593   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indonesian   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog   

Standard Forms
Akan   
Filipino   

Language Position
104   
99+
58   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ak   
t1   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
aka   
tgl   

ISO 639 2/B
aka   
tgl   

ISO 639 3
aka   
tg1   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
akan1251   
taga1269   

Linguasphere
No data available   
31-CKA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Object-Verb-Subject, Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Object-Subject, Verb-Subject-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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

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Akan and Tagalog Speaking population

Akan and Tagalog speaking population is one of the factors based on which Akan and Tagalog languages can be compared. The total count of Akan and Tagalog Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Akan language is 0.17 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Tagalog language is 0.42 %. 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 Tagalog on Akan vs Tagalog where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Akan and Tagalog Language Codes

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

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