Countries
Ghana, Ivory coast
Haiti
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Ghana
Haiti
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Central America, North America
Minority Language
Benin, United States of America
Cuba
Regulated By
Akan Orthography Committee
Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen (Academy of Haitian Creole)
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.
- In the year 1940, the first technical orthography for Haitian Creole was developed.
- In Haiian Creole, the word 'creole' is of Latin origin via a Portuguese term that means, "person raised in one's house".
Similar To
Ewe and Ga-Dangme Languages
French Language
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2129
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
107
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1620
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks24 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
ete-sen
Bonjou
Thank You
meda ase
Mèsi
How Are You?
wo ho te sɛn?
Kijan ou yé?
Good Night
maadwo
Bon nwit
Good Evening
maadwo
Bonswa
Good Afternoon
maaha
Bon apre-midi
Good Morning
maakye
Bon apre-midi
Please
wae
Souple
Sorry
Kafra
Dezole
Bye
bye
Babay
I Love You
Me doכ wo
Mwen renmen w
Excuse Me
mepa wo kyɛw
Eskize m
Dialect 1
Asante
Northern Haitian Creole
Where They Speak
Ghana
Cap-Haitien
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.0012,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Akuapem
Central Haitian Creole
Where They Speak
Ghana
Port-au-Prince
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.0012,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Fante
Southern Haitian Creole
Where They Speak
Ghana
Cayes
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.0012,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
33
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
11.00 million9.60 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.17 %0.15 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
11.00 million9.60 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
21.00 million12.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Akan
Kreyòl ayisyen
Alternative Names
Twi, Fante
Creole, Haitian Creole, Western Caribbean Creole
French Name
akan
haïtien; créole haïtien
German Name
Akan-Sprache
Haïtien (Haiti-Kreolisch)
Pronunciation
[ˈaːkã]
[kɣejɔl]
Ethnicity
Akan people
Haitians
Origin
15
17th Century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Akan
Haitian Creole
Language Position
10499
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Akan Sign Language
Langue des Signes Haïtienne (LSH)
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
ak
ht
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
aka
hat
ISO 639 2/B
aka
hat
ISO 639 3
aka
hat
ISO 639 6
aka
hat
Glottocode
akan1251
hait1244
Linguasphere
No data available
51-AAC-cb
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
-