Countries
Ghana, Ivory coast
India, Pakistan
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
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National Language
Ghana
India, Pakistan
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
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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.
- Kashmiri is the only Daridc language with literature which was originated more than seven hundred and fifty years ago.
- Kashmiri has thousands of loan words from Persian and Arabic Languages.
Similar To
Ewe and Ga-Dangme Languages
Hindi and Urdu Languages
Derived From
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Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2144
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1017
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1627
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ete-sen
Assalām ‘alaikum
Thank You
meda ase
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)
How Are You?
wo ho te sɛn?
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)
Good Night
maadwo
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)
Good Evening
maadwo
سہا مسا
Good Afternoon
maaha
Hach t'ochoktiya
Good Morning
maakye
Hach ch'i
Please
wae
مهربانی کر
Sorry
Kafra
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)
Bye
bye
Khuda hāfiz
I Love You
Me doכ wo
be chus che seth mohabat karaan
Excuse Me
mepa wo kyɛw
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)
Dialect 1
Asante
Kashtawari
Where They Speak
Ghana
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.006,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Akuapem
Poguli
Where They Speak
Ghana
Pogul and Paristan valleys
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.006,100,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Fante
Rambani
Where They Speak
Ghana
India
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.005,600,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
34
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
11.00 million5.60 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.17 %0.05 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
11.00 million5.42 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
21.00 million5.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Akan
कॉशुर / كٲشُر
Alternative Names
Twi, Fante
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur
French Name
akan
kashmiri
German Name
Akan-Sprache
Kaschmiri
Pronunciation
[ˈaːkã]
[kəːʃur]
Ethnicity
Akan people
Kashmiris or koshur
Origin
15
12th Century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
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Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Akan
Kashmiri
Language Position
10423
1
120
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Signed Forms
Akan Sign Language
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
ak
ks
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
aka
kas
ISO 639 2/B
aka
kas
ISO 639 3
aka
kas
ISO 639 6
aka
kas
Glottocode
akan1251
kash1277
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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