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Akan and Arabic


Arabic and Akan


Countries

Countries
Ghana, Ivory coast  
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
23  
4

National Language
Ghana  
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen  

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

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Africa, Asia  

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

Regulated By
Akan Orthography Committee  
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council  

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.
  
  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  

Similar To
Ewe and Ga-Dangme Languages  
Amharic and Hebrew  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21  
3
28  
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
8  
5

How Many Consonants
16  
6
28  
18

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
88 weeks  
19

Greetings

Hello
ete-sen  
مرحبا  

Thank You
meda ase  
شكرا  

How Are You?
wo ho te sɛn?  
كيف حالك؟  

Good Night
maadwo  
تصبح على خير  

Good Evening
maadwo  
مساء الخير  

Good Afternoon
maaha  
مساء الخير  

Good Morning
maakye  
صباح الخير  

Please
wae  
من فضلك  

Sorry
Kafra  
آسف  

Bye
bye  
وداعا  

I Love You
Me doכ wo  
أحبك  

Excuse Me
mepa wo kyɛw  
اعذرني  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Asante  
Maghrebi  

Where They Speak
Ghana  
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia  

How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00  
39
310,000,000.00  
2

Dialect 2
Akuapem  
Sudanese  

Where They Speak
Ghana  
Sudan  

How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00  
38
17,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 3
Fante  
Levantine  

Where They Speak
Ghana  
Cyprus, Levant  

How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00  
99+
21,000,000.00  
23

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
26  
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
11.00 million  
99+
452.00 million  
4

Speaking Population
0.17 %  
99+
4.43 %  
6

Native Speakers
11.00 million  
99+
206.00 million  
6

Second Language Speakers
21.00 million  
29
246.00 million  
2

Native Name
Akan  
(al arabiya) العربية  

Alternative Names
Twi, Fante  
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic  

French Name
akan  
arabe  

German Name
Akan-Sprache  
Arabisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈaːkã]  
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/  

Ethnicity
Akan people  
Arabs  

History

Origin
15  
512 CE  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family  

Subgroup
-  
Semitic  

Branch
-  
North Arabic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Akan  
Modern Standard Arabic  

Language Position
104  
99+
25  
23

Signed Forms
Akan Sign Language  
Signed Arabic  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
ak  
ar  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
aka  
ara  

ISO 639 2/B
aka  
ara  

ISO 639 3
aka  
ara  

ISO 639 6
aka  
ara  

Glottocode
akan1251  
arab1395  

Linguasphere
No data available  
12-AAC  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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

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Akan and Arabic Speaking population

Akan and Arabic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Akan and Arabic languages can be compared. The total count of Akan and Arabic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Akan language is 0.17 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Arabic language is 4.43 %. 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 Arabic on Akan vs Arabic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Akan and Arabic Language Codes

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

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