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Countries

Countries

Ghana, Ivory coast

Total No. Of Countries

2
Rank: 13 (Overall)
0 46
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National Language

Ghana

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Africa

Minority Language

Benin, United States of America

Regulated By

Akan Orthography Committee

Interesting Facts

  • 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

Ewe and Ga-Dangme Languages

Derived From

-

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

21
Rank: 3 (Overall)
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

10
Rank: 7 (Overall)
0 32
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How Many Consonants

16
Rank: 6 (Overall)
9 60
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Scripts

Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

3
Rank: 2 (Overall)
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks
Rank: 17 (Overall)
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

ete-sen

Thank You

meda ase

How Are You?

wo ho te sɛn?

Good Night

maadwo

Good Evening

maadwo

Good Afternoon

maaha

Good Morning

maakye

Please

wae

Sorry

Kafra

Bye

bye

I Love You

Me doכ wo

Excuse Me

mepa wo kyɛw

Dialects

Dialect 1

Asante

Where They Speak

Ghana

How Many People Speak

9,000,000.00
Rank: 39 (Overall)
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Akuapem

Where They Speak

Ghana

How Many People Speak

9,000,000.00
Rank: 38 (Overall)
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Fante

Where They Speak

Ghana

How Many People Speak

1,900,000.00
Rank: 49 (Overall)
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

3
Rank: 3 (Overall)
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

11.00 million
Rank: 51 (Overall)
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.17 %
Rank: 50 (Overall)
0 89
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Native Speakers

11.00 million
Rank: 45 (Overall)
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

21.00 million
Rank: 29 (Overall)
0.01 400
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Native Name

Akan

Alternative Names

Twi, Fante

French Name

akan

German Name

Akan-Sprache

Pronunciation

[ˈaːkã]

Ethnicity

Akan people

History

Origin

15

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup

-

Branch

-

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms

Standard Forms

Akan

Language Position

104
Rank: 76 (Overall)
1 120
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Signed Forms

Akan Sign Language

Scope

Macrolanguage

Code

ISO 639 1

ak

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

aka

ISO 639 2/B

aka

ISO 639 3

aka

ISO 639 6

aka

Glottocode

akan1251

Linguasphere

No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living

Language Linguistic Typology

-

Language Morphological Typology

-