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Akan and Abkhaz


Abkhaz and Akan


Countries

Countries
Ghana, Ivory coast  
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
3  
12

National Language
Ghana  
Abkhazia  

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

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Europe  

Minority Language
Benin, United States of America  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

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.
  
  • Abkhaz is a north-west Caucasian language.
  • Abkhaz is spoken in Abkhazia by only 100,000 people, while in Turkey there are 500,000 people speaking Abkhaz.
  

Similar To
Ewe and Ga-Dangme Languages  
Adyghe language, Abaza language  

Derived From
-  
Caucasian languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21  
3
62  
36

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
2  
1

How Many Consonants
16  
6
60  
36

Scripts
Latin  
Cyrillic  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
27 weeks  
8

Greetings

Hello
ete-sen  
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)  

Thank You
meda ase  
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)  

How Are You?
wo ho te sɛn?  
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)  

Good Night
maadwo  
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)  

Good Evening
maadwo  
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)  

Good Afternoon
maaha  
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)  

Good Morning
maakye  
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)  

Please
wae  
амритана  

Sorry
Kafra  
Амарахь  

Bye
bye  
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)  

I Love You
Me doכ wo  
-  

Excuse Me
mepa wo kyɛw  
Извините (Izvinite)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Asante  
Bzyb  

Where They Speak
Ghana  
Abkhazia  

How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00  
39
106,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Akuapem  
Abzhywa  

Where They Speak
Ghana  
Caucasus  

How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00  
38
106,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Fante  
Sadz  

Where They Speak
Ghana  
Turkey  

How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00  
99+
106,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
11.00 million  
99+
0.13 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.17 %  
99+
0.01 %  
99+

Native Speakers
11.00 million  
99+
0.13 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
21.00 million  
29
-  

Native Name
Akan  
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)  

Alternative Names
Twi, Fante  
Abxazo, Abkhazian  

French Name
akan  
abkhaze  

German Name
Akan-Sprache  
Abchasisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈaːkã]  
[abxaz]  

Ethnicity
Akan people  
Abkhaz people  

History

Origin
15  
c. 1650  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Northwest Caucasian  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Akan  
Abkhaz  

Language Position
104  
99+
28  
26

Signed Forms
Akan Sign Language  
Abkhaz Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ak  
ab  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
aka  
abk  

ISO 639 2/B
aka  
abk  

ISO 639 3
aka  
abk  

ISO 639 6
aka  
abks  

Glottocode
akan1251  
abkh1244  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Historical  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Agglutinative  

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

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Akan and Abkhaz Speaking population

Akan and Abkhaz speaking population is one of the factors based on which Akan and Abkhaz languages can be compared. The total count of Akan and Abkhaz Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Akan language is 0.17 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Abkhaz language is 0.01 %. 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 Akan and Abkhaz on Akan vs Abkhaz where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Akan and Abkhaz Language Codes

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

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