Akan and Maithili
Countries
Ghana, Ivory coast
India, Nepal
National Language
Ghana
India, Nepal
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Nepal
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.
- Earlier, Maithili language was considered as the dialect of Hindi and Bengali, however in the year 2003 Maithili achieved an independent language status in India.
- Maithili has rich literature.
Similar To
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Bhojpuri Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
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How Many Consonants
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Language Levels
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Time Taken to Learn
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Thank You
meda ase
dhanyabad
How Are You?
wo ho te sɛn?
Aahan kehan chhi ?
Good Night
maadwo
Śubharātri
Good Evening
maadwo
shubh sandhya
Good Afternoon
maaha
dopahar ke bad namaskar
Good Morning
maakye
Suprabhaat
I Love You
Me doכ wo
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
Excuse Me
mepa wo kyɛw
kripaya
Dialect 1
Asante
Tharuwat
Where They Speak
Ghana
Nepal
How Many People Speak
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Dialect 2
Akuapem
Madhubani
Where They Speak
Ghana
North India
How Many People Speak
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Where They Speak
Ghana
Deoghar, France
How Many People Speak
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Second Language Speakers
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Native Name
Akan
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
Alternative Names
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Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
French Name
akan
maithili
German Name
Akan-Sprache
Maithili
Pronunciation
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Ethnicity
Akan people
Maithil
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
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Branch
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Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Akan
Standard Maithili
Signed Forms
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Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
ak
No data available
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
akan1251
mait1250
Linguasphere
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Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
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All Akan and Maithili 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 Maithili dialects. Various dialects of Akan and Maithili language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Akan are spoken in different Akan Speaking Countries whereas Maithili Dialects are spoken in different Maithili speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Akan vs Maithili Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Akan dialects include: Asante, Akuapem. Maithili dialects include: Tharuwat , Madhubani. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Akan and Maithili Speaking population
Akan and Maithili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Akan and Maithili languages can be compared. The total count of Akan and Maithili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Akan language is 0.17 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Maithili language is 0.41 %. 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 Maithili on Akan vs Maithili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Akan and Maithili Language Codes
Akan and Maithili language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Akan and Maithili Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.