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Countries

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

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2149
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

1014
0 32
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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
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

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)

Dialects

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
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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
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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 million49.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.17 %0.58 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

11.00 million38.00 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
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

History

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

Code

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

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-

Language Morphological Typology

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Akan and Kannada Alphabets

Akan and Kannada Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Akan and Kannada. In Akan Alphabets there are 21 letters while in Kannada Alphabets there are 49 letters. To learn Akan and Kannada languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Akan and Kannada 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 Kannada greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Akan and Kannada are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Akan and Kannada Speaking population

Akan and Kannada speaking population is one of the factors based on which Akan and Kannada languages can be compared. The total count of Akan and Kannada Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Akan language is 0.17 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Kannada language is 0.58 %. 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 Kannada on Akan vs Kannada where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Akan and Kannada Language Codes

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