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Akan and Urdu


Urdu and Akan


Countries

Countries
Ghana, Ivory coast   
India, Pakistan   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
Ghana   
Pakistan   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Pakistan   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia, Oceania   

Minority Language
Benin, United States of America   
India   

Regulated By
Akan Orthography Committee   
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan   

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.
  
  • Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
  • Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Arabic and Hindi Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Ghaznavid Persian Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21   
3
52   
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
10   
7

How Many Consonants
16   
6
40   
29

Scripts
Latin   
Arabic   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
ete-sen   
خوش آمديد   

Thank You
meda ase   
آپ کا شکریہ   

How Are You?
wo ho te sɛn?   
آپ کیسے ہیں؟   

Good Night
maadwo   
گڈ نائٹ   

Good Evening
maadwo   
سلام علیکم   

Good Afternoon
maaha   
گڈ آفٹر نون   

Good Morning
maakye   
گڈ مارننگ   

Please
wae   
براہ مہربانی   

Sorry
Kafra   
معاف کرنا   

Bye
bye   
الوداع   

I Love You
Me doכ wo   
مجھے تم سے محبت   

Excuse Me
mepa wo kyɛw   
معاف کیجئے گا   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Asante   
Dakhini   

Where They Speak
Ghana   
India   

How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00   
13
11,000,000.00   
12

Dialect 2
Akuapem   
Hyderabadi Urdu   

Where They Speak
Ghana   
India   

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

Dialect 3
Fante   
Rekhta   

Where They Speak
Ghana   
South Asia   

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

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
11.00 million   
99+
104.00 million   
15

Speaking Population
0.17 %   
99+
0.99 %   
20

Native Speakers
11.00 million   
99+
61.00 million   
19

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
43.00 million   
14

Native Name
Akan   
اُردُو   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Bihari   

French Name
akan   
ourdou   

German Name
Akan-Sprache   
Urdu   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ˈʊrd̪u]   

Ethnicity
Akan people   
Not Available   

History

Origin
15   
12th Century CE   

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   
Modern Standard Urdu   

Language Position
104   
99+
20   
18

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Urdu   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ak   
ur   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
aka   
urd   

ISO 639 2/B
aka   
urd   

ISO 639 3
aka   
urd   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
akan1251   
urdu1245   

Linguasphere
No data available   
59-AAF-q   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional   

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

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Akan and Urdu Speaking population

Akan and Urdu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Akan and Urdu languages can be compared. The total count of Akan and Urdu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Akan language is 0.17 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Urdu language is 0.99 %. 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 Urdu on Akan vs Urdu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Akan and Urdu Language Codes

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

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