Countries
Countries
Ghana, Ivory coast
Meghalaya
Total No. Of Countries
2
13
1
14
National Language
Ghana
Bangladesh, India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not Available
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Benin, United States of America
Not Available
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.
- Khasi language contain a large number of loanwords from Bengali and Hindi Languages.
- There is significant dialectal variation in khasi language, since several dialects have only partial mutual intelligibility.
Similar To
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Derived From
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Alphabets
Alphabets in
Akan-Alphabets.jpg#200
Khasi-Alphabets.jpg#200
Alphabets
21
3
23
5
Phonology
How Many Vowels
10
7
6
3
How Many Consonants
16
6
14
4
Scripts
Latin
Bengali, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
3
2
Not Available
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks
11
Not Available
Greetings
Hello
ete-sen
Kumno
Thank You
meda ase
Khublei
How Are You?
wo ho te sɛn?
Kumno phi long?
Good Night
maadwo
thia sukh
Good Evening
maadwo
babha janmiet
Good Afternoon
maaha
babha noph-phai-sngi
Good Morning
maakye
khublei
Please
wae
Sngewbha
Sorry
Kafra
Map
Bye
bye
khublei
I Love You
Me doכ wo
ieit ieit
Excuse Me
mepa wo kyɛw
map a nga
Dialects
Dialect 1
Asante
Bhoi
Where They Speak
Ghana
Not Available
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00
13
Not Available
Dialect 2
Akuapem
Nonglung
Where They Speak
Ghana
Not Available
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00
10
Not Available
Dialect 3
Fante
Cherrapunji
Where They Speak
Ghana
Not Available
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00
15
Not Available
Total No. Of Dialects
3
3
5
5
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
11.00 million
99+
0.84 million
99+
Speaking Population
0.17 %
99+
Not Available
Native Speakers
11.00 million
99+
0.84 million
99+
Native Name
Akan
Not Available
Alternative Names
Not Available
Kahasi, Kassi, Khasa, Khashi, Khasiyas, Khuchia
French Name
akan
khasi
German Name
Akan-Sprache
Khasi-Sprache
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Akan people
Khasi people
History
Origin
15
Not Available
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
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Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No Early Forms
Standard Forms
Akan
Khasi
Language Position
104
99+
Not Available
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
kha
ISO 639 2/B
aka
kha
ISO 639 3
aka
kha
ISO 639 6
Not Available
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Glottocode
akan1251
khas1269
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
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Language Morphological Typology
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