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Konkani and Akan


Akan and Konkani


Countries

Countries
India   
Ghana, Ivory coast   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

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

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

Alphabets
52   
31
21   
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16   
13
10   
7

How Many Consonants
36   
26
16   
6

Scripts
Devanagari   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks   
2
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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   

Dialects

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

Total No. Of Dialects
1   
1
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.11 %   
99+
0.17 %   
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   

History

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   
104   
99+

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage   
Macrolanguage   

Code

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   

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

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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.

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