Akan and Nepali
Countries
Ghana, Ivory coast
India, Nepal
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
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Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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)
Sorry
Kafra
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
I Love You
Me doכ wo
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
Excuse Me
mepa wo kyɛw
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Where They Speak
Ghana
Nepal
Dialect 2
Akuapem
Bajhangi
Where They Speak
Ghana
India, Nepal
Dialect 3
Fante
Baitadeli
Where They Speak
Ghana
Nepal
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
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
No early forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
Standard Forms
Akan
Nepali
Signed Forms
Akan Sign Language
Signed Nepali
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual, Macrolanguage
Glottocode
akan1251
nepa1254
Linguasphere
No data available
12
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Agglutinative
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.
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.