Countries
Ghana, Ivory coast
United States of America
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Ghana
United States of America
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
North America
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.
- Navajo language is tonal language, as it heavily relies on pitch to distinguish between similar words.
- Navajo ethinc group is 2nd largest Native American group.
Similar To
Ewe and Ga-Dangme Languages
Apache Language
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2136
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
1012
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1634
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
32
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks88 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ete-sen
Yá'át'ééh
Thank You
meda ase
Ahéhee'
How Are You?
wo ho te sɛn?
Ąąʼ haʼíí baa naniná?
Good Night
maadwo
Yá'át'ééh hiiłchi'į'
Good Evening
maadwo
Yá'át'ééh ałní'íní
Good Afternoon
maaha
Yá'át'ééh
Good Morning
maakye
Yá'át'ééh abíní
Please
wae
T'aa shoodi
Sorry
Kafra
Nízhdził
Bye
bye
Hágoónee’
I Love You
Me doכ wo
Ayóó ánííníshí
Excuse Me
mepa wo kyɛw
Shoohá
Dialect 1
Asante
Navajo1
Where They Speak
Ghana
Arizona
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00170,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Akuapem
Navajo2
Where They Speak
Ghana
New Mexico
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00170,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Fante
Navajo3
Where They Speak
Ghana
Utah
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00120,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
34
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
11.00 million1.70 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.17 %0.05 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
11.00 million1.70 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
21.00 million0.17 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Akan
Diné Bizaad / Dinék'ehjí
Alternative Names
Twi, Fante
Navaho
French Name
akan
navaho
German Name
Akan-Sprache
Navajo-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈaːkã]
[ˈnævəhoʊ]
Ethnicity
Akan people
Navajo people
Origin
15
1500 CE
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Dené–Yeniseian Family
Subgroup
-
Athapascan
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Akan
Navajo
Language Position
10429
1
120
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Signed Forms
Akan Sign Language
Navajo Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
ak
nv
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
aka
nav
ISO 639 2/B
aka
nav
ISO 639 3
aka
nav
ISO 639 6
aka
nav
Glottocode
akan1251
nava1243
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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Fusional, Polysynthetic, Synthetic