Countries
Ghana, Ivory coast
Total No. Of Countries
2
Rank: 13 (Overall)
0
46
👆🏻
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 in
Alphabets
21
Rank: 3 (Overall)
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
10
Rank: 7 (Overall)
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
16
Rank: 6 (Overall)
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
3
Rank: 2 (Overall)
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks
Rank: 17 (Overall)
3
88
👆🏻
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
Dialect 1
Asante
Where They Speak
Ghana
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00
Rank: 39 (Overall)
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Akuapem
Where They Speak
Ghana
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00
Rank: 38 (Overall)
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Fante
Where They Speak
Ghana
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00
Rank: 49 (Overall)
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
3
Rank: 3 (Overall)
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
11.00 million
Rank: 51 (Overall)
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.17 %
Rank: 50 (Overall)
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
11.00 million
Rank: 45 (Overall)
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
21.00 million
Rank: 29 (Overall)
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Akan
Alternative Names
Twi, Fante
French Name
akan
German Name
Akan-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈaːkã]
Ethnicity
Akan people
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
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Akan Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
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
-