Khasi and Akan
Countries
Meghalaya
  
Ghana, Ivory coast
  
National Language
Bangladesh, India
  
Ghana
  
Second Language
Not Available
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Not Available
  
Benin, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Akan Orthography Committee
  
Interesting Facts
- 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.
  
- 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
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Derived From
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Alphabets in
Khasi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Akan-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Bengali, Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
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Hello
Kumno
  
ete-sen
  
Thank You
Khublei
  
meda ase
  
How Are You?
Kumno phi long?
  
wo ho te sɛn?
  
Good Night
thia sukh
  
maadwo
  
Good Evening
babha janmiet
  
maadwo
  
Good Afternoon
babha noph-phai-sngi
  
maaha
  
Good Morning
khublei
  
maakye
  
Please
Sngewbha
  
wae
  
Sorry
Map
  
Kafra
  
Bye
khublei
  
bye
  
I Love You
ieit ieit
  
Me doכ wo
  
Excuse Me
map a nga
  
mepa wo kyɛw
  
Dialect 1
Bhoi
  
Asante
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Ghana
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
9,000,000.00
  
13
Dialect 2
Nonglung
  
Akuapem
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Ghana
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
9,000,000.00
  
10
Dialect 3
Cherrapunji
  
Fante
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Ghana
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,900,000.00
  
15
How Many People Speak?
0.84 million
  
99+
11.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.84 million
  
99+
11.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
Not Available
  
Akan
  
Alternative Names
Kahasi, Kassi, Khasa, Khashi, Khasiyas, Khuchia
  
Not Available
  
French Name
khasi
  
akan
  
German Name
Khasi-Sprache
  
Akan-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
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Ethnicity
Khasi people
  
Akan people
  
Origin
Not Available
  
15
  
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No Early Forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Khasi
  
Akan
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
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Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
ak
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kha
  
aka
  
ISO 639 2/B
kha
  
aka
  
ISO 639 3
kha
  
aka
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
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Glottocode
khas1269
  
akan1251
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
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All Khasi 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 Khasi and Akan dialects. Various dialects of Khasi and Akan language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Khasi are spoken in different Khasi Speaking Countries whereas Akan Dialects are spoken in different Akan speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Khasi vs Akan Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Khasi dialects include: Bhoi, Nonglung. Akan dialects include: Asante , Akuapem. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Khasi and Akan Speaking population
Khasi and Akan speaking population is one of the factors based on which Khasi and Akan languages can be compared. The total count of Khasi and Akan Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Khasi 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 Khasi and Akan on Khasi vs Akan where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Khasi and Akan Language Codes
Khasi and Akan language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Khasi and Akan Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.