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Yoruba and Akan


Akan and Yoruba


Countries

Countries
Benin, Nigeria   
Ghana, Ivory coast   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
Nigeria   
Ghana   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Africa   

Minority Language
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America   
Benin, United States of America   

Regulated By
Yoruba Academy   
Akan Orthography Committee   

Interesting Facts
  • One of the largest African ethnic groups is Yoruba in south of Sahara Desert.
  • In Yoruba language, same combination of vowels and consonants have different meanings depending on the pitch of the vowels, so it is tonal language.
  
  • 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
Owo and Itsekiri languages   
Not Available   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200   
Akan-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
29   
11
21   
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
10   
7

How Many Consonants
17   
7
16   
6

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Ẹ n lẹ   
ete-sen   

Thank You
e dupe   
meda ase   

How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa   
wo ho te sɛn?   

Good Night
Kasun layọ o   
maadwo   

Good Evening
ka a ale   
maadwo   

Good Afternoon
e kaasan   
maaha   

Good Morning
e kaaro   
maakye   

Please
Jowo   
wae   

Sorry
binu   
Kafra   

Bye
bye   
bye   

I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ   
Me doכ wo   

Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara   
mepa wo kyɛw   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Itsekiri   
Asante   

Where They Speak
Nigeria   
Ghana   

How Many People Speak
500,000.00   
34
9,000,000.00   
13

Dialect 2
Ede   
Akuapem   

Where They Speak
Benin, Togo   
Ghana   

How Many People Speak
800,000.00   
27
9,000,000.00   
10

Dialect 3
Ulukwumi   
Fante   

Where They Speak
Nigeria   
Ghana   

How Many People Speak
10,000.00   
34
1,900,000.00   
15

Total No. Of Dialects
20   
18
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million   
36
11.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.42 %   
32
0.17 %   
99+

Native Speakers
28.00 million   
29
11.00 million   
99+

Native Name
Yorùbá   
Akan   

Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba   
Not Available   

French Name
yoruba   
akan   

German Name
Yoruba-Sprache   
Akan-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Yoruba people   
Akan people   

History

Origin
4 BC   
15   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Western Sudanic   
Not Available   

Branch
Kwa   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Yorùbá   
Akan   

Language Position
49   
36
104   
99+

Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
yo   
ak   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
yor   
aka   

ISO 639 2/B
yor   
aka   

ISO 639 3
yor   
aka   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
yoru1245   
akan1251   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Not Available   

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

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Yoruba and Akan Speaking population

Yoruba and Akan speaking population is one of the factors based on which Yoruba and Akan languages can be compared. The total count of Yoruba and Akan Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Yoruba language is 0.42 % 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 Yoruba and Akan on Yoruba vs Akan where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Yoruba and Akan Language Codes

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

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