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Hebrew and Akan


Akan and Hebrew


Countries

Countries
Israel   
Ghana, Ivory coast   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Israel   
Ghana   

Second Language
Israel   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe   
Africa   

Minority Language
Poland   
Benin, United States of America   

Regulated By
Academy of the Hebrew Language   
Akan Orthography Committee   

Interesting Facts
  • The original language of Bible is Hebrew.
  • The men and women use different verbs in hebrew language.
  
  • 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
Arabic and Aramaic languages   
Not Available   

Derived From
Aramaic Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
22   
4
21   
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
0   
10   
7

How Many Consonants
22   
12
16   
6

Scripts
Hebrew   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
שלום (Shalom)   
ete-sen   

Thank You
תודה (Toda)   
meda ase   

How Are You?
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)   
wo ho te sɛn?   

Good Night
לילה טוב (Laila tov)   
maadwo   

Good Evening
ערב טוב (Erev tov)   
maadwo   

Good Afternoon
אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)   
maaha   

Good Morning
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)   
maakye   

Please
בבקשה (bevekshah)   
wae   

Sorry
סליחה! (Slicha)   
Kafra   

Bye
להתראות (Lehitraot)   
bye   

I Love You
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)   
Me doכ wo   

Excuse Me
בבקשה!   
mepa wo kyɛw   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Ashkenazi Hebrew   
Asante   

Where They Speak
Israel   
Ghana   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
9,000,000.00   
13

Dialect 2
Samaritan Hebrew   
Akuapem   

Where They Speak
Israel, Palestine   
Ghana   

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

Dialect 3
Yemenite Hebrew   
Fante   

Where They Speak
Israel   
Ghana   

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

Total No. Of Dialects
7   
7
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.17 %   
99+

Native Speakers
4.40 million   
99+
11.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.60 million   
27
Not Available   

Native Name
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)   
Akan   

Alternative Names
Israeli, Ivrit   
Not Available   

French Name
hébreu   
akan   

German Name
Hebräisch   
Akan-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Akan people   

History

Origin
1000 BC   
15   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Semitic   
Not Available   

Branch
Canaanitic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Modern Hebrew   
Akan   

Language Position
23   
19
104   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Hebrew   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
he   
ak   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
heb   
aka   

ISO 639 2/B
heb   
aka   

ISO 639 3
heb   
aka   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
hebr1246   
akan1251   

Linguasphere
12-AAB-a   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Subject-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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

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Hebrew and Akan Speaking population

Hebrew and Akan speaking population is one of the factors based on which Hebrew and Akan languages can be compared. The total count of Hebrew and Akan Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Hebrew language is Not Available 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 Hebrew and Akan on Hebrew vs Akan where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Hebrew and Akan Language Codes

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

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