Countries
Ghana, Ivory coast
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Ghana
Ethiopia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa
Minority Language
Benin, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Akan Orthography Committee
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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.
- Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
- Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
Similar To
Ewe and Ga-Dangme Languages
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2133
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
107
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1631
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Ethiopic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ete-sen
Selam
Thank You
meda ase
amesege'nallo'
How Are You?
wo ho te sɛn?
Dehina newot?
Good Night
maadwo
Dehna dur
Good Evening
maadwo
melkam meshe't
Good Afternoon
maaha
i'ndemin walu
Good Morning
maakye
i'ndemin adäru
Please
wae
i'bakwon
Sorry
Kafra
aznallehu
Bye
bye
tschao
I Love You
Me doכ wo
afekirishalehu
Excuse Me
mepa wo kyɛw
yiqirta
Dialect 1
Asante
Gondar
Where They Speak
Ghana
Gondar
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.0022,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Akuapem
Gojjami
Where They Speak
Ghana
Ethiopia
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.0022,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Fante
Showa
Where They Speak
Ghana
Ethiopia
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.0022,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
35
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
11.00 million18.70 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.17 %0.37 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
11.00 million25.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
21.00 million10.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Akan
አማርኛ
Alternative Names
Twi, Fante
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
French Name
akan
amharique
German Name
Akan-Sprache
Amharisch
Pronunciation
[ˈaːkã]
[amarɨɲɲa]
Ethnicity
Akan people
Amharas
Origin
15
13th century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
-
Semitic
Branch
-
Ethiopic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Ge'ez
Standard Forms
Akan
Amharic
Language Position
10455
1
120
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Signed Forms
Akan Sign Language
Signed Amharic
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
ak
am
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
aka
amh
ISO 639 2/B
aka
amh
ISO 639 3
aka
amh
ISO 639 6
aka
amh
Glottocode
akan1251
amha1245
Linguasphere
No data available
12-ACB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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-
Language Morphological Typology
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Fusional