Countries
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
Ghana, Ivory coast
National Language
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
Ghana
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Benin, United States of America
Regulated By
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council
Akan Orthography Committee
Interesting Facts
- Arabic is 5th common language in world.
- Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
- 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.
Similar To
Amharic and Hebrew
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Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
How Are You?
كيف حالك؟
wo ho te sɛn?
Good Night
تصبح على خير
maadwo
Good Evening
مساء الخير
maadwo
Good Afternoon
مساء الخير
maaha
Good Morning
صباح الخير
maakye
I Love You
أحبك
Me doכ wo
Excuse Me
اعذرني
mepa wo kyɛw
Dialect 1
Maghrebi
Asante
Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
Ghana
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Sudanese
Akuapem
Where They Speak
Sudan
Ghana
Dialect 3
Levantine
Fante
Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant
Ghana
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
(al arabiya) العربية
Akan
Alternative Names
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic
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German Name
Arabisch
Akan-Sprache
Pronunciation
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/
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Ethnicity
Arabs
Akan people
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Semitic
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Branch
North Arabic
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Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic
Akan
Signed Forms
Signed Arabic
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Scope
Macrolanguage
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
arab1395
akan1251
Linguasphere
12-AAC
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
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All Arabic and Akan 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 Arabic and Akan dialects. Various dialects of Arabic and Akan language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Arabic are spoken in different Arabic Speaking Countries whereas Akan Dialects are spoken in different Akan speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Arabic vs Akan Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Arabic dialects include: Maghrebi, Sudanese. Akan dialects include: Asante , Akuapem. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Arabic and Akan Speaking population
Arabic and Akan speaking population is one of the factors based on which Arabic and Akan languages can be compared. The total count of Arabic and Akan Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Arabic language is 4.43 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Akan language is 0.17 %. 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 Arabic and Akan on Arabic vs Akan where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Arabic and Akan Language Codes
Arabic and Akan language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Arabic and Akan Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.