Akan and Dzongkha
Countries
Ghana, Ivory coast
Bhutan
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
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Tibetan Language
Alphabets in
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Dzongkha-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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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
I Love You
Me doכ wo
Nga cheu lu ga
Excuse Me
mepa wo kyɛw
Tsip maza
Where They Speak
Ghana
Bhutan
Where They Speak
Ghana
Bhutan
Where They Speak
Ghana
Bhutan
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
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Akan
Dzongkha
Signed Forms
Akan Sign Language
Signed Dzongkha
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
Glottocode
akan1251
nucl1307
Linguasphere
No data available
No data Available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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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.
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.