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Akan and Nepali


Nepali and Akan


Countries

Countries
Ghana, Ivory coast   
India, Nepal   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
Ghana   
Nepal   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Republic of Brazil   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia   

Minority Language
Benin, United States of America   
People's Republic of China   

Regulated By
Akan Orthography Committee   
Language Academy of Nepal   

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.
  
  • Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
  • Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Hindi   

Derived From
Not Available   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Akan-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Nepali-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
21   
3
48   
28

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
12   
9

How Many Consonants
16   
6
36   
26

Scripts
Latin   
Devanagari   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
ete-sen   
नमस्ते (namaste)   

Thank You
meda ase   
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)   

How Are You?
wo ho te sɛn?   
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)   

Good Night
maadwo   
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)   

Good Evening
maadwo   
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)   

Good Afternoon
maaha   
Good afternoon   

Good Morning
maakye   
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)   

Please
wae   
कृपया   

Sorry
Kafra   
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   

Bye
bye   
नमस्ते (namaste)   

I Love You
Me doכ wo   
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)   

Excuse Me
mepa wo kyɛw   
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Asante   
Doteli   

Where They Speak
Ghana   
Nepal   

How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00   
13
790,000.00   
30

Dialect 2
Akuapem   
Bajhangi   

Where They Speak
Ghana   
India, Nepal   

How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00   
10
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Fante   
Baitadeli   

Where They Speak
Ghana   
Nepal   

How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00   
15
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
12   
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
11.00 million   
99+
30.00 million   
36

Speaking Population
0.17 %   
99+
0.25 %   
99+

Native Speakers
11.00 million   
99+
25.00 million   
32

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
5.00 million   
29

Native Name
Akan   
नेपाली (nēpālī)   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate   

French Name
akan   
népalais   

German Name
Akan-Sprache   
Nepali   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Akan people   
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu   

History

Origin
15   
19 BC   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha   

Standard Forms
Akan   
Nepali   

Language Position
104   
99+
59   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Nepali   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual, Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
ak   
ne   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
aka   
nep   

ISO 639 2/B
aka   
nep   

ISO 639 3
aka   
npi   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
akan1251   
nepa1254   

Linguasphere
No data available   
12   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Agglutinative   

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

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Akan and Nepali Speaking population

Akan and Nepali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Akan and Nepali languages can be compared. The total count of Akan and Nepali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Akan language is 0.17 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Nepali language is 0.25 %. 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 Nepali on Akan vs Nepali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Akan and Nepali Language Codes

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

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