Countries
Ghana, Ivory coast
India, No official status
Total No. Of Countries
20
0
46
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National Language
Ghana
India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Benin, United States of America
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
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.
- Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
- In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
Similar To
Ewe and Ga-Dangme Languages
Maithili and Magahi
Derived From
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Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2143
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
1011
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1634
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
34
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ete-sen
प्रणाम (prannam)
Thank You
meda ase
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
How Are You?
wo ho te sɛn?
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
Good Night
maadwo
राम राम (raam raam)
Good Evening
maadwo
राम राम (raam raam)
Good Afternoon
maaha
राम राम (raam raam)
Good Morning
maakye
राम राम (raam raam)
Please
wae
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
Sorry
Kafra
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
Bye
bye
प्रणाम (prannam)
I Love You
Me doכ wo
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
Excuse Me
mepa wo kyɛw
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
Dialect 1
Asante
Caribbean Hindustani
Where They Speak
Ghana
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.0016,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Akuapem
Fiji Hindi
Where They Speak
Ghana
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00380,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Fante
Tharu Bhojpuri
Where They Speak
Ghana
India
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.0038,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
313
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
11.00 million40.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.17 %0.43 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
11.00 million40.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
21.00 million38.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Akan
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
Alternative Names
Twi, Fante
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
French Name
akan
bhojpuri
German Name
Akan-Sprache
Bhojpuri
Pronunciation
[ˈaːkã]
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
Ethnicity
Akan people
Bhojpuri speakers
Origin
15
19th Century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Akan
Bhojpuri
Language Position
10437
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Akan Sign Language
Bhojpuri Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
ak
No data Available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
aka
bho
ISO 639 2/B
aka
bho
ISO 639 3
aka
bho
ISO 639 6
aka
bho
Glottocode
akan1251
bhoj1246
Linguasphere
No data available
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
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