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Countries

Countries

Ghana, Ivory coast
Philippines

Total No. Of Countries

21
0 46
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National Language

Ghana
Philippines

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Philippines

Speaking Continents

Africa
Asia

Minority Language

Benin, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

Akan Orthography Committee
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino

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.
  • "Filipino" was officially declared as national language by the constitution in 1987.
  • "Filipino" is the official name of Tagalog, or synonym of it.

Similar To

Ewe and Ga-Dangme Languages
Tagalog Language

Derived From

-
Spanish Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2128
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

105
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1623
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

33
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

ete-sen
Kumusta

Thank You

meda ase
Salamat

How Are You?

wo ho te sɛn?
Kumusta

Good Night

maadwo
magandang gabi

Good Evening

maadwo
Magandang gabi

Good Afternoon

maaha
Magandang hapon

Good Morning

maakye
Magandang umaga

Please

wae
Mangyaring

Sorry

Kafra
pinagsisisihan

Bye

bye
Paalam

I Love You

Me doכ wo
Mahal kita

Excuse Me

mepa wo kyɛw
patawarin ninyo ako

Dialects

Dialect 1

Asante
Bikol

Where They Speak

Ghana
Philippines

How Many People Speak

9,000,000.00100,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Akuapem
Hiligaynon

Where They Speak

Ghana
Philippines

How Many People Speak

9,000,000.008,200,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Fante
Waray

Where They Speak

Ghana
Philippines

How Many People Speak

1,900,000.002,600,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

38
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

11.00 million90.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.17 %1.74 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

11.00 million45.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

21.00 million45.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Akan
filipino

Alternative Names

Twi, Fante
Pilipino

French Name

akan
filipino; pilipino

German Name

Akan-Sprache
Pilipino

Pronunciation

[ˈaːkã]
[ˌfɪl.ɪˈpiː.no]

Ethnicity

Akan people
Filipino people

History

Origin

15
16th Century

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family
Austronesian Family

Subgroup

-
-

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

Akan
Filipino

Language Position

10434
1 120
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Signed Forms

Akan Sign Language
Filipino Sign Language

Scope

Macrolanguage
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ak
No Data Available

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

aka
fil

ISO 639 2/B

aka
fil

ISO 639 3

aka
fil

ISO 639 6

aka
fil

Glottocode

akan1251
fili1244

Linguasphere

No data available
No Data Available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

-
-

Language Morphological Typology

-
-

Akan and Filipino Alphabets

Akan and Filipino Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Akan and Filipino. In Akan Alphabets there are 21 letters while in Filipino Alphabets there are 28 letters. To learn Akan and Filipino languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Akan and Filipino 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 Filipino greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Akan and Filipino are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Akan and Filipino Speaking population

Akan and Filipino speaking population is one of the factors based on which Akan and Filipino languages can be compared. The total count of Akan and Filipino Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Akan language is 0.17 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Filipino language is 1.74 %. 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 Filipino on Akan vs Filipino where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Akan and Filipino Language Codes

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