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Countries

Countries

Ghana, Ivory coast
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Total No. Of Countries

233
0 46
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National Language

Ghana
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore

Speaking Continents

Africa
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America

Minority Language

Benin, United States of America
South Africa

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.
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.

Similar To

Ewe and Ga-Dangme Languages
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and German Languages

Derived From

-
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2126
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

105
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1621
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

37
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks6 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

ete-sen
Hello

Thank You

meda ase
Thank you

How Are You?

wo ho te sɛn?
How are you?

Good Night

maadwo
Good Night

Good Evening

maadwo
Good Evening

Good Afternoon

maaha
Good Afternoon

Good Morning

maakye
Good Morning

Please

wae
Please

Sorry

Kafra
Sorry

Bye

bye
Bye

I Love You

Me doכ wo
I love you

Excuse Me

mepa wo kyɛw
Excuse Me

Dialects

Dialect 1

Asante
American English

Where They Speak

Ghana
United States of America

How Many People Speak

9,000,000.00225,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Akuapem
Hiberno-English

Where They Speak

Ghana
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom

How Many People Speak

9,000,000.004,500,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Fante
Welsh English

Where They Speak

Ghana
United Kingdom

How Many People Speak

1,900,000.002,500,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

3188
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

11.00 million1,200.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.17 %5.43 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

11.00 million400.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

21.00 million400.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Akan
English

Alternative Names

Twi, Fante
English

French Name

akan
anglais

German Name

Akan-Sprache
Englisch

Pronunciation

[ˈaːkã]
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/

Ethnicity

Akan people
English people

History

Origin

15
5th Century AD

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

-
-

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English

Standard Forms

Akan
Standard English

Language Position

1043
1 120
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Signed Forms

Akan Sign Language
Signed English

Scope

Macrolanguage
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ak
en

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

aka
eng

ISO 639 2/B

aka
eng

ISO 639 3

aka
eng

ISO 639 6

aka
engs

Glottocode

akan1251
stan1293

Linguasphere

No data available
52-ABA

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

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Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

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Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic

Akan and English Alphabets

Akan and English Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Akan and English. In Akan Alphabets there are 21 letters while in English Alphabets there are 26 letters. To learn Akan and English languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Akan and English languages. The Akan phonology consist Akan vowels and Akan consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Akan greetings vs English greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Akan and English are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Akan and English Speaking population

Akan and English speaking population is one of the factors based on which Akan and English languages can be compared. The total count of Akan and English Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Akan language is 0.17 % whereas the percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 %. 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 English on Akan vs English where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Akan and English Language Codes

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