Countries
Ghana, Ivory coast
Assam, India
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Ghana
Assam, India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
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Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Benin, United States of America
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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.
- In ancient times, Bodo language was written using Assamese script and Roman script.
- Bodo Language is written using Devanagari script since 1963.
Similar To
Ewe and Ga-Dangme Languages
Dimasa language, Garo language, Kokborok language
Derived From
-
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2145
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
1020
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1625
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
35
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks34 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ete-sen
नमस्कार
Thank You
meda ase
धन्यवाद
How Are You?
wo ho te sɛn?
Nungni khabora ma?
Good Night
maadwo
मोजां हर (Mwjang Hor)
Good Evening
maadwo
बोडो
Good Afternoon
maaha
अन्धानि बार
Good Morning
maakye
मोजां फुं (Mwjang Fung)
Please
wae
अननानै (Onnanwi)
Sorry
Kafra
दु:खित
Bye
bye
Lwrbw
I Love You
Me doכ wo
अननाइ नों (onnai Nwng)
Excuse Me
mepa wo kyɛw
दु:खित
Dialect 1
Asante
(Sønabari) Western Boro dialect
Where They Speak
Ghana
Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.001,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Akuapem
(Sanzari) Eastern Boro dialect
Where They Speak
Ghana
Barpeta, Darrang, Kamrup, Nalbari
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.001,500,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Fante
(Hazari) Southern Boro dialect
Where They Speak
Ghana
Assam, India, Nepal
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.001,300,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
33
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
11.00 million0.60 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.17 %0.01 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
11.00 million0.60 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
21.00 million1.50 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Akan
बड़ो (boṛo)
Alternative Names
Twi, Fante
Bara, Bodi, Boro, Boroni, Kachari, Mech, Meche, Mechi, Meci
French Name
akan
bodo
German Name
Akan-Sprache
Bodo
Pronunciation
[ˈaːkã]
[bɔɽo]
Ethnicity
Akan people
Bodo, Mech, (Assamese)
Origin
15
1913
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
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Tibeto-Burman
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
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Standard Forms
Akan
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Language Position
10430
1
120
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Signed Forms
Akan Sign Language
Signed Bodo
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
ak
br
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
aka
brx
ISO 639 2/B
aka
brx
ISO 639 3
aka
brx
ISO 639 6
aka
brx
Glottocode
akan1251
bodo1269
Linguasphere
No data available
59-AAB
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
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