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Sinhalese and Akan


Akan and Sinhalese


Countries

Countries
Sri Lanka   
Ghana, Ivory coast   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

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

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

Alphabets
54   
33
21   
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
18   
15
10   
7

How Many Consonants
36   
26
16   
6

Scripts
Sinhala alphabet   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2   
1
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
හලෝ (halō)   
ete-sen   

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   

Bye
බායි (bāyi)   
bye   

I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)   
Me doכ wo   

Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)   
mepa wo kyɛw   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Vedda   
Asante   

Where They Speak
Sri Lanka   
Ghana   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
9,000,000.00   
13

Dialect 2
Not Available   
Akuapem   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Ghana   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
9,000,000.00   
10

Dialect 3
Not Available   
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?
16.00 million   
99+
11.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.25 %   
99+
0.17 %   
99+

Native Speakers
16.00 million   
39
11.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
2.00 million   
34
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   

History

Origin
3   
15   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Not Available   

Branch
Indic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese   
Akan   

Language Position
70   
99+
104   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
si   
ak   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sin   
aka   

ISO 639 2/B
sin   
aka   

ISO 639 3
sin   
aka   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sinh1246   
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
Fusional   
Not Available   

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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.

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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.

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