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Countries

Countries

Ghana, Ivory coast
Nigeria

Total No. Of Countries

21
0 46
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National Language

Ghana
Nigeria

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Africa
Africa

Minority Language

Benin, United States of America
Equatorial Guinea

Regulated By

Akan Orthography Committee
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture

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 Igbo, there is complicated system of high and low tones indicating differences in meaning and grammatical relationships.
  • Igbo has inexhaustible and rich linguistic features like idioms, proverbs, aphorisms, anecdotes etc.

Similar To

Ewe and Ga-Dangme Languages
Yoruba and Hausa Languages

Derived From

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-

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2136
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

108
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1628
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 weeks52 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

ete-sen
kedụ

Thank You

meda ase
dalụ

How Are You?

wo ho te sɛn?
kedụ ka ịmere

Good Night

maadwo
ka chi fo

Good Evening

maadwo
mgbede ọma

Good Afternoon

maaha
ehihie ọma

Good Morning

maakye
ụtụtụ ọma

Please

wae
Biko

Sorry

Kafra
Ndo

Bye

bye
Kachifo

I Love You

Me doכ wo
a hụrụ m gị n'anya

Excuse Me

mepa wo kyɛw
ngọpụ

Dialects

Dialect 1

Asante
Enuani

Where They Speak

Ghana
Nigeria

How Many People Speak

9,000,000.0028,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Akuapem
Ngwa

Where They Speak

Ghana
Nigeria

How Many People Speak

9,000,000.001,500,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Fante
Not present

Where They Speak

Ghana
-

How Many People Speak

1,900,000.0024.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

320
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

11.00 million25.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.17 %0.09 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

11.00 million25.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

21.00 million24.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Akan
igbo

Alternative Names

Twi, Fante
Ibo

French Name

akan
igbo

German Name

Akan-Sprache
Ibo-Sprache

Pronunciation

[ˈaːkã]
[iɡ͡boː]

Ethnicity

Akan people
Igbo people

History

Origin

15
30th Century BC

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family
Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup

-
Kwa

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

Akan
Standard Igbo

Language Position

10457
1 120
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Signed Forms

Akan Sign Language
Igbo Sign Language

Scope

Macrolanguage
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ak
ig

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

aka
ibo

ISO 639 2/B

aka
ibo

ISO 639 3

aka
ibo

ISO 639 6

aka
ibo

Glottocode

akan1251
nucl1417

Linguasphere

No data available
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

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-

Language Morphological Typology

-
Agglutinative

Akan and Igbo Alphabets

Akan and Igbo Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Akan and Igbo. In Akan Alphabets there are 21 letters while in Igbo Alphabets there are 36 letters. To learn Akan and Igbo languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Akan and Igbo 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 Igbo greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Akan and Igbo are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Akan and Igbo Speaking population

Akan and Igbo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Akan and Igbo languages can be compared. The total count of Akan and Igbo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Akan language is 0.17 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Igbo language is 0.09 %. 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 Igbo on Akan vs Igbo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Akan and Igbo Language Codes

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