Countries
Ghana, Ivory coast
Myanmar
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Ghana
Myanmar
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Bangladesh, Burma
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Benin, United States of America
Mon
Regulated By
Akan Orthography Committee
Myanmar Language Commission
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.
- The naming of people in Burmese is strange. There is no last name, often name is rhymed such as Ming Ming, Mo Mo or Jo Jo.
- It appears as odd language to many people because it has peculiar pitch register, tonal form as language.
Similar To
Ewe and Ga-Dangme Languages
Thai Language
Derived From
-
Pali Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2133
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
1012
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1633
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Tangut
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ete-sen
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
Thank You
meda ase
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
How Are You?
wo ho te sɛn?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
Good Night
maadwo
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
Good Evening
maadwo
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
Good Afternoon
maaha
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
Good Morning
maakye
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
Please
wae
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
Sorry
Kafra
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
Bye
bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
I Love You
Me doכ wo
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
Excuse Me
mepa wo kyɛw
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
Dialect 1
Asante
Arakanese
Where They Speak
Ghana
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.002,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Akuapem
Tavoyan
Where They Speak
Ghana
Myanmar
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00440,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Fante
Intha
Where They Speak
Ghana
Burma
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.0090,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
35
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
11.00 million43.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.17 %0.50 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
11.00 million33.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
21.00 million10.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Akan
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
Alternative Names
Twi, Fante
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
French Name
akan
birman
German Name
Akan-Sprache
Birmanisch
Pronunciation
[ˈaːkã]
[bəmɛ̀]
Ethnicity
Akan people
Bamar people
Origin
15
1113 AD
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
-
Tibeto-Burman
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
Standard Forms
Akan
Modern Burmese
Language Position
10443
1
120
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Signed Forms
Akan Sign Language
Burmese sign language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
ak
my
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
aka
mya
ISO 639 2/B
aka
bur
ISO 639 3
aka
mya
ISO 639 6
aka
mya
Glottocode
akan1251
sout3159
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Analytic, Isolating