Countries
Ghana, Ivory coast
India
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Ghana
India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
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.
- The earliest literature in Oriya was traced in 7th to 9th centuries.
- Since Odia is having a long literary history and has not borrowed largely from other languages, it is the 6th classical language in India.
Similar To
Ewe and Ga-Dangme Languages
Bengali and Assamese
Derived From
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Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2142
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
1011
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1631
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ete-sen
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)
Thank You
meda ase
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)
How Are You?
wo ho te sɛn?
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
Good Night
maadwo
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
Good Evening
maadwo
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
Good Afternoon
maaha
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
Good Morning
maakye
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
Please
wae
ଦୟାକରି
Sorry
Kafra
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
Bye
bye
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
I Love You
Me doכ wo
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
Excuse Me
mepa wo kyɛw
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
Dialect 1
Asante
Baleswari
Where They Speak
Ghana
India
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.0033,800,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Akuapem
Ganjami
Where They Speak
Ghana
India
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.0033,800,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Fante
Kosli
Where They Speak
Ghana
India
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00520,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
38
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
11.00 million33.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.17 %0.50 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
11.00 million33.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
21.00 million35.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Akan
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
Alternative Names
Twi, Fante
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
French Name
akan
oriya
German Name
Akan-Sprache
Oriya-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈaːkã]
[ˈoɽia]
Ethnicity
Akan people
Odias
Origin
15
3 BC
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Akan
Standard Odia
Language Position
10432
1
120
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Signed Forms
Akan Sign Language
Indian Signing System
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
ak
or
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
aka
ori
ISO 639 2/B
aka
ori
ISO 639 3
aka
ori
ISO 639 6
aka
ori
Glottocode
akan1251
macr1269
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
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