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Santali and Akan


Akan and Santali


Countries

Countries
India   
Ghana, Ivory coast   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal   
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
Not Available   
Akan Orthography Committee   

Interesting Facts
  • Santali language was an oral language till nineteenth century.
  • Before the invention of Santali alphabets, Santali was written with the Bengali or Odia alphabets.
  
  • 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
Munda Language   
Not Available   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
21   
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
10   
7

How Many Consonants
21   
11
16   
6

Scripts
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Henda ho   
ete-sen   

Thank You
Adi Johar   
meda ase   

How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?   
wo ho te sɛn?   

Good Night
Boge Ninda   
maadwo   

Good Evening
Boge Ayup’   
maadwo   

Good Afternoon
Not Available   
maaha   

Good Morning
Boge Setak’   
maakye   

Please
Not Available   
wae   

Sorry
Not Available   
Kafra   

Bye
Not Available   
bye   

I Love You
Not Available   
Me doכ wo   

Excuse Me
Not Available   
mepa wo kyɛw   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mahali   
Asante   

Where They Speak
India   
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?
6.30 million   
99+
11.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.17 %   
99+

Native Speakers
6.30 million   
99+
11.00 million   
99+

Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)   
Akan   

Alternative Names
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal   
Not Available   

French Name
santal   
akan   

German Name
Santali   
Akan-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali   
Akan people   

History

Origin
20th century   
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
Santali   
Akan   

Language Position
Not Available   
104   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
ak   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sat   
aka   

ISO 639 2/B
sat   
aka   

ISO 639 3
sat   
aka   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sant1410   
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 Santali 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 Santali and Akan dialects. Various dialects of Santali and Akan language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Santali are spoken in different Santali Speaking Countries whereas Akan Dialects are spoken in different Akan speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Santali vs Akan Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Santali dialects include: Mahali Akan dialects include: Asante , Akuapem. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Santali and Akan Speaking population

Santali and Akan speaking population is one of the factors based on which Santali and Akan languages can be compared. The total count of Santali and Akan Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Santali 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 Santali and Akan on Santali vs Akan where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Santali and Akan Language Codes

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

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