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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
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Africa
Asia

Minority Language

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

Regulated By

Akan Orthography Committee
Commission on the Filipino Language

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.
  • Ilocano was originally written with Baybayin syllabary, then gradually it was replaced by Latin alphabet.
  • Northwest Luzon is the original Ilocano homeland.

Similar To

Ewe and Ga-Dangme Languages
Tagalog, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages

Derived From

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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2132
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

106
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1620
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Ilokano Braille, Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn

Language Levels

34
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

ete-sen
Kablaaw

Thank You

meda ase
Agyamanak

How Are You?

wo ho te sɛn?
Kumusta?

Good Night

maadwo
Naimbag a rabii

Good Evening

maadwo
Naimbag a sardam

Good Afternoon

maaha
Naimbag a malem

Good Morning

maakye
Naimbag a bigat

Please

wae
mangngegda

Sorry

Kafra
Agpakawanak

Bye

bye
Pakada

I Love You

Me doכ wo
Ayayatenka

Excuse Me

mepa wo kyɛw
Maawan-dayawen

Dialects

Dialect 1

Asante
Balangao

Where They Speak

Ghana
Philippines

How Many People Speak

9,000,000.0021,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Akuapem
Bontoc

Where They Speak

Ghana
Philippines

How Many People Speak

9,000,000.0041,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Fante
Not present

Where They Speak

Ghana
Not present

How Many People Speak

1,900,000.008,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

32
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

11.00 million9.10 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.17 %0.14 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

11.00 million9.10 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

21.00 million11.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Akan
ilokano

Alternative Names

Twi, Fante
Ilokano, Iloko

French Name

akan
ilocano

German Name

Akan-Sprache
Ilokano-Sprache

Pronunciation

[ˈaːkã]
[iːloˈkɑno]

Ethnicity

Akan people
Ilocano people

History

Origin

15
18th Century

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family
Austronesian Family

Subgroup

-
-

Branch

-
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Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

Akan
Modern Ilocano

Language Position

10494
1 120
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Signed Forms

Akan Sign Language
Ilocano Sign Language

Scope

Macrolanguage
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ak
No data available

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

aka
ilo

ISO 639 2/B

aka
ilo

ISO 639 3

aka
ilo

ISO 639 6

aka
ilo

Glottocode

akan1251
ilok1237

Linguasphere

No data available
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Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

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Language Morphological Typology

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Akan and Ilocano Alphabets

Akan and Ilocano Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Akan and Ilocano. In Akan Alphabets there are 21 letters while in Ilocano Alphabets there are 32 letters. To learn Akan and Ilocano languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Akan and Ilocano 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 Ilocano greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Akan and Ilocano are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Akan and Ilocano Speaking population

Akan and Ilocano speaking population is one of the factors based on which Akan and Ilocano languages can be compared. The total count of Akan and Ilocano Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Akan language is 0.17 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Ilocano language is 0.14 %. 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 Ilocano on Akan vs Ilocano where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Akan and Ilocano Language Codes

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