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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
Ewe and Ga-Dangme Languages  
Hindi  

Derived From
-  
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  
17
44 weeks  
17

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  
39
790,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Akuapem  
Bajhangi  

Where They Speak
Ghana  
India, Nepal  

How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00  
38
17,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 3
Fante  
Baitadeli  

Where They Speak
Ghana  
Nepal  

How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00  
99+
17,000,000.00  
26

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
21.00 million  
29
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Akan  
नेपाली (nēpālī)  

Alternative Names
Twi, Fante  
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate  

French Name
akan  
népalais  

German Name
Akan-Sprache  
Nepali  

Pronunciation
[ˈaːkã]  
[neˈpali]  

Ethnicity
Akan people  
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu  

History

Origin
15  
19 BC  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
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
Akan Sign Language  
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
aka  
nep  

Glottocode
akan1251  
nepa1254  

Linguasphere
No data available  
12  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
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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