Sinhalese and Akan
Countries
Sri Lanka
Ghana, Ivory coast
National Language
Sri Lanka
Ghana
Second Language
Sri Lanka
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
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
Akan Orthography Committee
Interesting Facts
- In Sinhalese language, there are many loanwords from Dravidian languages mainly Tamil, Portuguese, Dutch and English.
- Sinhalese language has it own script/ writing system.
- 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
Maldivian Language
Not Available
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Sinhala alphabet
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
meda ase
How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
wo ho te sɛn?
Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
maadwo
Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
maadwo
Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
maaha
Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
maakye
Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
wae
Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
Kafra
I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Me doכ wo
Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
mepa wo kyɛw
Where They Speak
Sri Lanka
Ghana
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Not Available
Akuapem
Where They Speak
Not Available
Ghana
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Not Available
Fante
Where They Speak
Not Available
Ghana
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)
Akan
Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
Not Available
French Name
singhalais
akan
German Name
Singhalesisch
Akan-Sprache
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Sinhalese people
Akan people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Not Available
Branch
Indic
Not Available
Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese
Akan
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
sinh1246
akan1251
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Not Available
All Sinhalese 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 Sinhalese and Akan dialects. Various dialects of Sinhalese and Akan language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Sinhalese are spoken in different Sinhalese Speaking Countries whereas Akan Dialects are spoken in different Akan speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Sinhalese vs Akan Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda, Not Available. Akan dialects include: Asante , Akuapem. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Sinhalese and Akan Speaking population
Sinhalese and Akan speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sinhalese and Akan languages can be compared. The total count of Sinhalese and Akan Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 % 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 Sinhalese and Akan on Sinhalese vs Akan where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Sinhalese and Akan Language Codes
Sinhalese and Akan language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Sinhalese and Akan Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.
