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1 Countries

1.1 Countries

Ghana, Ivory coast

1.2 Total No. Of Countries

2
Rank: 13 (Overall)
Bhojpuri
0 46

1.3 National Language

Ghana

1.4 Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries

1.5 Speaking Continents

Africa

1.6 Minority Language

Benin, United States of America

1.7 Regulated By

Akan Orthography Committee

1.8 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.

1.9 Similar To

Not Available

1.10 Derived From

Not Available

2 Alphabets

2.1 Alphabets in

2.2 Alphabets

21
Rank: 3 (Overall)
Irish
18 247

2.3 Phonology

2.3.1 How Many Vowels

10
Rank: 7 (Overall)
Hebrew
0 32

2.3.2 How Many Consonants

16
Rank: 6 (Overall)
German
9 60

2.4 Scripts

Latin

2.5 Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal

2.6 Hard to Learn

2.6.1 Language Levels

3
Rank: 2 (Overall)
Bengali
2 12

2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks
Rank: 11 (Overall)
Cebuano
3 88

3 Greetings

3.1 Hello

ete-sen

3.2 Thank You

meda ase

3.3 How Are You?

wo ho te sɛn?

3.4 Good Night

maadwo

3.5 Good Evening

maadwo

3.6 Good Afternoon

maaha

3.7 Good Morning

maakye

3.8 Please

wae

3.9 Sorry

Kafra

3.10 Bye

bye

3.11 I Love You

Me doכ wo

3.12 Excuse Me

mepa wo kyɛw

4 Dialects

4.1 Dialect 1

Asante

4.1.1 Where They Speak

Ghana

4.1.2 How Many People Speak

9,000,000.00
Rank: 13 (Overall)
Macedonian
1.5 960000000

4.2 Dialect 2

Akuapem

4.2.1 Where They Speak

Ghana

4.2.2 How Many People Speak

9,000,000.00
Rank: 10 (Overall)
Dzongkha
700 80000000

4.3 Dialect 3

Fante

4.3.1 Where They Speak

Ghana

4.3.2 How Many People Speak

1,900,000.00
Rank: 15 (Overall)
Romanian
1400 96000000

4.4 Total No. Of Dialects

3
Rank: 3 (Overall)
Sanskrit
0 188

5 How Many People Speak

5.1 How Many People Speak?

11.00 million
Rank: 51 (Overall)
Abkhaz
0.13 1200

5.2 Speaking Population

0.17 %
Rank: 47 (Overall)
Xhosa
0.11 89

5.3 Native Speakers

11.00 million
Rank: 45 (Overall)
Abkhaz
0.13 873

5.3.1 Second Language Speakers

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Finnish
0.01 400

5.3.2 Native Name

Akan

5.3.3 Alternative Names

Not Available

5.3.4 French Name

akan

5.3.5 German Name

Akan-Sprache

5.4 Pronunciation

Not Available

5.5 Ethnicity

Akan people

6 History

6.1 Origin

15

6.2 Language Family

Niger-Congo Family

6.2.1 Subgroup

Not Available

6.2.2 Branch

Not Available

6.3 Language Forms

6.3.1 Early Forms

No early forms

6.3.2 Standard Forms

Akan

6.3.3 Language Position

104
Rank: 66 (Overall)
Chinese
1 120

6.3.4 Signed Forms

Not Available

6.4 Scope

Macrolanguage

7 Code

7.1 ISO 639 1

ak

7.2 ISO 639 2

7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T

aka

7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B

aka

7.3 ISO 639 3

aka

7.4 ISO 639 6

Not Available

7.5 Glottocode

akan1251

7.6 Linguasphere

No data available

7.7 Types of Language

7.7.1 Language Type

Living

7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology

Not Available

7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology

Not Available

Origin of Akan language

In order to communicate with each other, the origin of language was the essential part. Various languages are spoken all over the world. Akan language is one of the Easiest Languages to Learn. The origin of Akan language states that it was put to use in 15. The history of Akan language reveals that the language is old and used since many years. Check out in brief about Akan Language History. Akan has no early forms. Akan is the standard form of Akan language and it is used in government centers. Know all About Akan Language.

Akan population

Akan population gives us the total count of number of people speaking Akan language. Akan language is spoken by 11.00 million people in the world. Most of the Akan population lies in the Akan Speaking Countries. Akan language is spoken as first language by 11.00 million people and no total count of people speaking Akan as second language. Get to know Akan speaking population in detail.

Akan writing system

There are numerous writing systems but most widely used scripts are Latin, Cyrillic and Arabic. Akan writing system decides the alphabets, vowels and consonants i.e. the written form of Akan language. Some languages share common writing systems. Latin script is used by Akan language. Learn more about . 

Information about Akan language

Check out all the information about Akan language here. You may find it interesting to learn Akan Alphabets or the vowels and consonants of this language. Also knowing about Akan Speaking Countries, Akan speaking continents and Akan Dialects will help in improving your knowledge about this language. Also while travelling to Akan countries knowing common Akan Greetings will help you in communicating with Akan people.