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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
South Africa
Ghana, Ivory coast
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
12
About Bhojpuri Language
0 46
1.3 National Language
South Africa
Ghana
1.4 Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa
1.6 Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho
Benin, United States of America
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
Akan Orthography Committee
1.8 Interesting Facts
  • Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
  • The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
  • 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.
1.9 Similar To
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Not Available
1.10 Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
5321
About Irish Language
18 247
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
1010
About Hebrew Language
0 32
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
4316
About German Language
9 60
2.4 Scripts
Latin
Latin
2.5 Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
33
About Bengali Language
2 12
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
About Cebuano Language
3 88
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Molo
ete-sen
3.2 Thank You
Ndiyabulela
meda ase
3.3 How Are You?
Unjani
wo ho te sɛn?
3.4 Good Night
Ulale kakuhle
maadwo
3.5 Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle
maadwo
3.6 Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle
maaha
3.7 Good Morning
Molo
maakye
3.8 Please
Ndicela
wae
3.9 Sorry
Ndicela uxolo
Kafra
3.10 Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
bye
3.11 I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda
Me doכ wo
3.12 Excuse Me
Uxolo
mepa wo kyɛw
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Gcaleka
Asante
4.1.1 Where They Speak
South Africa
Ghana
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NA9,000,000.00
About Macedonian Language
1.5 960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Thembu
Akuapem
4.2.1 Where They Speak
South Africa
Ghana
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NA9,000,000.00
About Dzongkha Language
700 80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Hlubi
Fante
4.3.1 Where They Speak
South Africa
Ghana
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NA1,900,000.00
About Romanian Language
1400 96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
93
About Sanskrit Language
0 188
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
20.00 million11.00 million
About Abkhaz Language
0.13 1200
5.2 Speaking Population
0.11 %0.17 %
Persian
0.11 89
5.3 Native Speakers
8.20 million11.00 million
About Abkhaz Language
0.13 873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
11.00 millionNA
About Finnish Language
0.01 400
5.3.2 Native Name
isiXhosa
Akan
5.3.3 Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
Not Available
5.3.4 French Name
xhosa
akan
5.3.5 German Name
Xhosa-Sprache
Akan-Sprache
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Akan people
6 History
6.1 Origin
16th Century
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6.2 Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Niger-Congo Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Not Available
6.2.2 Branch
Bantu
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
isiXhosa
Akan
6.3.3 Language Position
NA104
About Chinese Language
1 120
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa
Not Available
6.4 Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
xh
ak
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
xho
aka
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
xho
aka
7.3 ISO 639 3
xho
aka
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
xhos1239
akan1251
7.6 Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa
No data available
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available

Xhosa and Akan Alphabets

Xhosa and Akan Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Xhosa and Akan. In Xhosa Alphabets there are 53 letters while in Akan Alphabets there are 21 letters. To learn Xhosa and Akan languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Xhosa and Akan languages. The Xhosa phonology consist Xhosa vowels and Xhosa consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Xhosa greetings vs Akan greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Xhosa and Akan are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Xhosa and Akan Speaking population

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

Xhosa and Akan Language Codes

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