Countries
Ghana, Ivory coast
European Union, Ireland
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Ghana
Ireland
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Ireland
Speaking Continents
Africa
Europe
Minority Language
Benin, United States of America
United Kingdom
Regulated By
Akan Orthography Committee
Foras na Gaeilge
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 Irish language, there are no exact words for "yes" or "no".
- There are different set of numbers for counting humans and another set for counting non-humans in Irish Language.
Similar To
Ewe and Ga-Dangme Languages
Scottish Gaelic and Welsh Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2118
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
105
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1613
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
35
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks36 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
ete-sen
Dia dhuit
Thank You
meda ase
Go raibh maith agat
How Are You?
wo ho te sɛn?
Conas atá tú ?
Good Night
maadwo
Oíche mhaith
Good Evening
maadwo
Tráthnóna maith duit
Good Afternoon
maaha
Tráthnóna maith duit
Good Morning
maakye
Dia dhuit ar maidin
Please
wae
le do thoil
Sorry
Kafra
Tá brón orm
Bye
bye
Slán
I Love You
Me doכ wo
Is breá liom thú
Excuse Me
mepa wo kyɛw
Gabh mo leithscéal
Dialect 1
Asante
Connacht Irish
Where They Speak
Ghana
Connacht
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00100,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Akuapem
Munster Irish
Where They Speak
Ghana
Munster
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00150,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Fante
Ulster Irish
Where They Speak
Ghana
Ulster
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00140,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
34
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
11.00 million1.79 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.17 %0.03 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
11.00 million0.14 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
21.00 million1.65 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Akan
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
Alternative Names
Twi, Fante
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
French Name
akan
irlandais moyen
German Name
Akan-Sprache
Mittelirisch
Pronunciation
[ˈaːkã]
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
Ethnicity
Akan people
Irish people
Origin
15
c. 750
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Celtic
Branch
-
Goidelic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
Standard Forms
Akan
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
Language Position
10425
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Akan Sign Language
Irish Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
ak
ga
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
aka
gle
ISO 639 2/B
aka
gle
ISO 639 3
aka
gle
ISO 639 6
aka
gle
Glottocode
akan1251
iris1253
Linguasphere
No data available
50-AAA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional