Countries
Ghana, Ivory coast
India, Karnataka, India
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Ghana
Karnataka, India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Goa
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Benin, United States of America
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Regulated By
Akan Orthography Committee
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
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.
- Kannada is the third oldest language after Sanskrit and Tamil of India
- Kannada language is only Indian language which got maximum i.e. 8 GyanaPeetha Awards.
Similar To
Ewe and Ga-Dangme Languages
Telugu
Derived From
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2149
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
1014
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1635
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Kannada Script
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
35
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ete-sen
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
Thank You
meda ase
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
How Are You?
wo ho te sɛn?
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
Good Night
maadwo
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
Good Evening
maadwo
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
Good Afternoon
maaha
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
Good Morning
maakye
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
Please
wae
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
Sorry
Kafra
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
Bye
bye
ಬೈ (Bai)
I Love You
Me doכ wo
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
Excuse Me
mepa wo kyɛw
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
Dialect 1
Asante
Badaga
Where They Speak
Ghana
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00540,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Akuapem
Urali
Where They Speak
Ghana
kerala
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.006,440.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Fante
Kurumba
Where They Speak
Ghana
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00220,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
320
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
11.00 million49.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.17 %0.58 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
11.00 million38.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
21.00 million11.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Akan
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
Alternative Names
Twi, Fante
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
French Name
akan
kannada
German Name
Akan-Sprache
Kannada
Pronunciation
[ˈaːkã]
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
Ethnicity
Akan people
Kannadiga
Origin
15
c. 450
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Kannada, Kannada
Standard Forms
Akan
Modern Kannada
Language Position
10431
1
120
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Signed Forms
Akan Sign Language
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
ak
kn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
aka
kan
ISO 639 2/B
aka
kan
ISO 639 3
aka
kan
ISO 639 6
aka
kan
Glottocode
akan1251
nucl1305
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
-