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Assamese and Akan


Akan and Assamese


Countries

Countries
India   
Ghana, Ivory coast   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Bangladesh, India   
Ghana   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa   

Minority Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan   
Benin, United States of America   

Regulated By
Asam Sahitya Sabha   
Akan Orthography Committee   

Interesting Facts
  • Assamese was reinstated as the state language of Assam in 1873.
  • Assamese language has its own stream of origin, it is evolved in a different way from rest of the Indo-Aryan languages of India.
    •   
  • 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
Bengali and Oriya   
Not Available   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52   
31
21   
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11   
8
10   
7

How Many Consonants
41   
30
16   
6

Scripts
Bengali   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
nomoskaar   
ete-sen   

Thank You
ḍhonyobaaḍ   
meda ase   

How Are You?
aapuni kene aase?   
wo ho te sɛn?   

Good Night
subhoraattri   
maadwo   

Good Evening
subha gadhuli   
maadwo   

Good Afternoon
subha abeli   
maaha   

Good Morning
suprobhaat   
maakye   

Please
anugroha kori   
wae   

Sorry
moi ḍukkhita   
Kafra   

Bye
biḍai   
bye   

I Love You
moi tomaak bhaalpaao   
Me doכ wo   

Excuse Me
kyoma koribo   
mepa wo kyɛw   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kamrupi   
Asante   

Where They Speak
Western Assam   
Ghana   

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00   
16
9,000,000.00   
13

Dialect 2
Goalpariya   
Akuapem   

Where They Speak
Western Assam   
Ghana   

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

Dialect 3
Bhakatiya   
Fante   

Where They Speak
Assam   
Ghana   

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

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
15.30 million   
99+
11.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.24 %   
99+
0.17 %   
99+

Native Speakers
15.00 million   
40
11.00 million   
99+

Native Name
অসমীয়া (asamīẏa)   
Akan   

Alternative Names
Asambe, Asami, Asamiya   
Not Available   

French Name
assamais   
akan   

German Name
Assamesisch   
Akan-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Assamese people   
Akan people   

History

Origin
7th century A.D   
15   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Not Available   

Branch
Indic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Kamarupa   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Assamese   
Akan   

Language Position
65   
99+
104   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
as   
ak   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
asm   
aka   

ISO 639 2/B
asm   
aka   

ISO 639 3
asm   
aka   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
assa1263   
akan1251   

Linguasphere
59-AAF-w   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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

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Assamese and Akan Speaking population

Assamese and Akan speaking population is one of the factors based on which Assamese and Akan languages can be compared. The total count of Assamese and Akan Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Assamese language is 0.24 % 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 Assamese and Akan on Assamese vs Akan where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Assamese and Akan Language Codes

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

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