Countries
Ghana, Ivory coast
Myanmar
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
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Pali Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
Dialect 2
Akuapem
Tavoyan
Where They Speak
Ghana
Myanmar
Where They Speak
Ghana
Burma
Native Name
Akan
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
Alternative Names
Twi, Fante
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
German Name
Akan-Sprache
Birmanisch
Pronunciation
[ˈaːkã]
[bəmɛ̀]
Ethnicity
Akan people
Bamar people
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
Standard Forms
Akan
Modern Burmese
Signed Forms
Akan Sign Language
Burmese sign language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
Glottocode
akan1251
sout3159
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Analytic, Isolating
All Akan and Burmese 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 Burmese dialects. Various dialects of Akan and Burmese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Akan are spoken in different Akan Speaking Countries whereas Burmese Dialects are spoken in different Burmese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Akan vs Burmese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Akan dialects include: Asante, Akuapem. Burmese dialects include: Arakanese , Tavoyan. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Akan and Burmese Speaking population
Akan and Burmese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Akan and Burmese languages can be compared. The total count of Akan and Burmese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Akan language is 0.17 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Burmese language is 0.50 %. 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 Burmese on Akan vs Burmese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Akan and Burmese Language Codes
Akan and Burmese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Akan and Burmese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.