Home
Languagevs


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  

Summary >>
<< Code

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.

Compare Easiest Languages to Learn

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.

Easiest Languages to Learn

Easiest Languages to Learn

» More Easiest Languages to Learn

Compare Easiest Languages to Learn

» More Compare Easiest Languages to Learn