Countries
Ghana, Ivory coast
New Zealand
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Ghana
New Zealand
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Australia, Oceania
Minority Language
Benin, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Akan Orthography Committee
Māori Language Commission
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.
- "E korao no New Zealand" was the first printed Maori book in 1815.
- The first newspaper in the Maori language was published in year 1842.
Similar To
Ewe and Ga-Dangme Languages
Tahitian Language
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2120
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
105
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1610
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
32
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks24 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
ete-sen
Hello
Thank You
meda ase
Mauruuru koutou
How Are You?
wo ho te sɛn?
E pēhea ana koe ?
Good Night
maadwo
Night pai
Good Evening
maadwo
pai ahiahi
Good Afternoon
maaha
Afternoon pai
Good Morning
maakye
Morning pai
Please
wae
Tēnā
Sorry
Kafra
Aroha mai
Bye
bye
poroporoaki
I Love You
Me doכ wo
Aroha ahau ki a koe
Excuse Me
mepa wo kyɛw
tukua ahau
Dialect 1
Asante
South Island Māori
Where They Speak
Ghana
New Zealand
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00150,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Akuapem
Western North Island Maori
Where They Speak
Ghana
New Zealand
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00150,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Fante
Eastern North Island Maori
Where They Speak
Ghana
New Zealand
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00150,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
33
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
11.00 million0.18 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.17 %0.01 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
11.00 million0.18 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
21.00 million0.10 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Akan
te Reo Māori
Alternative Names
Twi, Fante
New Zealand Maori
French Name
akan
maori
German Name
Akan-Sprache
Maori-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈaːkã]
[ˈmaɔɾi]
Ethnicity
Akan people
Māori people
Origin
15
1814
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
-
Polynesian
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Akan
Maori
Language Position
10426
1
120
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Signed Forms
Akan Sign Language
Maori Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
ak
mi
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
aka
mri
ISO 639 2/B
aka
mao
ISO 639 3
aka
mri
ISO 639 6
aka
mri
Glottocode
akan1251
maor1246
Linguasphere
No data available
No data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
-