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Akan vs Bhojpuri


Bhojpuri vs Akan


Countries

Countries
Ghana, Ivory coast  
India, No official status  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
0  
15

National Language
Ghana  
India  

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  
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago  

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.
  
  • Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
  • In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
  

Similar To
Not Available  
Maithili and Magahi  

Derived From
Not Available  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21  
3
43  
23

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
11  
8

How Many Consonants
16  
6
34  
24

Scripts
Latin  
Devanagari  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
ete-sen  
प्रणाम (prannam)  

Thank You
meda ase  
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)  

How Are You?
wo ho te sɛn?  
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)  

Good Night
maadwo  
राम राम (raam raam)  

Good Evening
maadwo  
राम राम (raam raam)  

Good Afternoon
maaha  
राम राम (raam raam)  

Good Morning
maakye  
राम राम (raam raam)  

Please
wae  
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)  

Sorry
Kafra  
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)  

Bye
bye  
प्रणाम (prannam)  

I Love You
Me doכ wo  
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)  

Excuse Me
mepa wo kyɛw  
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Asante  
Caribbean Hindustani  

Where They Speak
Ghana  
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago  

How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00  
13
16,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Akuapem  
Fiji Hindi  

Where They Speak
Ghana  
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00  
10
380,000.00  
31

Dialect 3
Fante  
Tharu Bhojpuri  

Where They Speak
Ghana  
India  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
13  
13

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
11.00 million  
99+
40.00 million  
31

Speaking Population
0.17 %  
99+
0.43 %  
31

Native Speakers
11.00 million  
99+
40.00 million  
24

Native Name
Akan  
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas  

French Name
akan  
bhojpuri  

German Name
Akan-Sprache  
Bhojpuri  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/  

Ethnicity
Akan people  
Not Available  

History

Origin
15  
19th Century  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Akan  
Bhojpuri  

Language Position
104  
99+
37  
29

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ak  
No data Available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
aka  
bho  

ISO 639 2/B
aka  
bho  

ISO 639 3
aka  
bho  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
akan1251  
bhoj1246  

Linguasphere
No data available  
59-AAF-sa  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

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Akan and Bhojpuri Language History

Comparison of Akan vs Bhojpuri language history gives us differences between origin of Akan and Bhojpuri language. History of Akan language states that this language originated in 15 whereas history of Bhojpuri language states that this language originated in 19th Century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Akan and Bhojpuri Language History.

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Akan and Bhojpuri Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Akan and Bhojpuri greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Akan and Bhojpuri language. Akan word for "Hello" is ete-sen or Bhojpuri word for "Thank You" is धन्वाद (dhanvaad). Find more of such common Akan Greetings and Bhojpuri Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Akan vs Bhojpuri Difficulty

The Akan vs Bhojpuri difficulty level basically depends on the number of Akan Alphabets and Bhojpuri Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Akan and Bhojpuri are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Akan and Bhojpuri, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Akan is 44 weeks while to learn Bhojpuri time required is 44 weeks.

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