Countries
India
  
Ghana, Ivory coast
  
National Language
India
  
Ghana
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Benin, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Govenment of Goa
  
Akan Orthography Committee
  
Interesting Facts
- Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
- Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  
- 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
Marathi
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Kokani-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Akan-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Namaskar
  
ete-sen
  
Thank You
Dev Borem Korum
  
meda ase
  
How Are You?
kaso assa?
  
wo ho te sɛn?
  
Good Night
Rati Boren Zavonn
  
maadwo
  
Good Evening
Sanj Borem Zavonn
  
maadwo
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
maaha
  
Good Morning
Dis Borem Zavonn
  
maakye
  
Please
Chike
  
wae
  
Sorry
Maf kor
  
Kafra
  
Bye
Adeus
  
bye
  
I Love You
hav tujo mog korta.
  
Me doכ wo
  
Excuse Me
upkar korxi
  
mepa wo kyɛw
  
Dialect 1
Antruz
  
Asante
  
Where They Speak
Goa
  
Ghana
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
9,000,000.00
  
13
Dialect 2
Not present
  
Akuapem
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Ghana
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
9,000,000.00
  
10
Dialect 3
Not present
  
Fante
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Ghana
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,900,000.00
  
15
How Many People Speak?
7.40 million
  
99+
11.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
7.40 million
  
99+
11.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
Kōṅkaṇī
  
Akan
  
Alternative Names
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese
  
Not Available
  
French Name
konkani
  
akan
  
German Name
Konkani
  
Akan-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
kõkɳi
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Konkanis
  
Akan people
  
Origin
1209 A.D.
  
15
  
Language Family
Indo-European 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
Kokani
  
Akan
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
ak
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kok
  
aka
  
ISO 639 2/B
kok
  
aka
  
ISO 639 3
kok
  
aka
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
goan1235
  
akan1251
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
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
  
Konkani and Akan Speaking population
Konkani and Akan speaking population is one of the factors based on which Konkani and Akan languages can be compared. The total count of Konkani and Akan Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Konkani language is 0.11 % 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 Konkani and Akan on Konkani vs Akan where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Konkani and Akan Language Codes
Konkani and Akan language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Konkani and Akan Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.