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Akan and Dzongkha


Dzongkha and Akan


Countries

Countries
Ghana, Ivory coast  
Bhutan  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Ghana  
Bhutan  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
India  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia  

Minority Language
Benin, United States of America  
India  

Regulated By
Akan Orthography Committee  
Dzongkha Development 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.
  
  • Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  

Similar To
Ewe and Ga-Dangme Languages  
Sikkimese Language  

Derived From
-  
Tibetan Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21  
3
95  
39

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
5  
2

How Many Consonants
16  
6
30  
20

Scripts
Latin  
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
38 weeks  
14

Greetings

Hello
ete-sen  
Kuzoozangpo La  

Thank You
meda ase  
Kaadinchhey La  

How Are You?
wo ho te sɛn?  
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?  

Good Night
maadwo  
lek shom ay zim  

Good Evening
maadwo  
ཞི་བདེ་ལག་པ་  

Good Afternoon
maaha  
ཉིན་གུང་དགའ་བོ  

Good Morning
maakye  
ཞི་བདེ་པའི་སྔོན་འགྲུལ  

Please
wae  
བསྐྱར་མ་  

Sorry
Kafra  
Tsip maza  

Bye
bye  
Log Jay Gay  

I Love You
Me doכ wo  
Nga cheu lu ga  

Excuse Me
mepa wo kyɛw  
Tsip maza  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Asante  
Laya  

Where They Speak
Ghana  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00  
39
1,100.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Akuapem  
Lunana  

Where They Speak
Ghana  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00  
38
700.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Fante  
Adap  

Where They Speak
Ghana  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00  
99+
130,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
11.00 million  
99+
0.64 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.17 %  
99+
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
11.00 million  
99+
0.17 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
21.00 million  
29
0.47 million  
99+

Native Name
Akan  
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)  

Alternative Names
Twi, Fante  
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar  

French Name
akan  
dzongkha  

German Name
Akan-Sprache  
Dzongkha  

Pronunciation
[ˈaːkã]  
[t͡ɕoŋkʰa]  

Ethnicity
Akan people  
Ngalop people  

History

Origin
15  
17th Century  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
Tibeto-Burman  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Akan  
Dzongkha  

Language Position
104  
99+
31  
29

Signed Forms
Akan Sign Language  
Signed Dzongkha  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ak  
dz  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
aka  
dzo  

ISO 639 2/B
aka  
dzo  

ISO 639 3
aka  
dzo  

ISO 639 6
aka  
dzo  

Glottocode
akan1251  
nucl1307  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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

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Akan and Dzongkha Speaking population

Akan and Dzongkha speaking population is one of the factors based on which Akan and Dzongkha languages can be compared. The total count of Akan and Dzongkha Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Akan language is 0.17 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Dzongkha language is 0.07 %. 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 Dzongkha on Akan vs Dzongkha where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Akan and Dzongkha Language Codes

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

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