Countries
Ghana, Ivory coast
Afganistan
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Ghana
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
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
Pakistan
Regulated By
Akan Orthography Committee
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
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.
- Pashto language is originated in the regions of Paktika and Paktia areas of Afghanistan.
- The first Pashto poem was written in the 7th century.
Similar To
Ewe and Ga-Dangme Languages
Persian and Balochi Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2144
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
107
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1629
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Latin
Arabic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ete-sen
(salaam) سلام
Thank You
meda ase
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
How Are You?
wo ho te sɛn?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Good Night
maadwo
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Good Evening
maadwo
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Good Afternoon
maaha
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Good Morning
maakye
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Please
wae
(lotfan) لطفا
Sorry
Kafra
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Bye
bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
I Love You
Me doכ wo
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Excuse Me
mepa wo kyɛw
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Dialect 1
Asante
Central Pashto
Where They Speak
Ghana
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.006,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Akuapem
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
Ghana
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.0021,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Fante
Wanetsi
Where They Speak
Ghana
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.0095,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
321
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
11.00 million60.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.17 %0.58 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
11.00 million60.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
21.00 million50.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Akan
(paṧto) پښتو
Alternative Names
Twi, Fante
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
French Name
akan
pachto
German Name
Akan-Sprache
Paschtu
Pronunciation
[ˈaːkã]
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Ethnicity
Akan people
Pashtun
Origin
15
1651
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Iranian
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Akan
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Language Position
10482
1
120
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Signed Forms
Akan Sign Language
Pashto Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
ak
ps
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
aka
pus
ISO 639 2/B
aka
pus
ISO 639 3
aka
pus
ISO 639 6
aka
pus
Glottocode
akan1251
pash1269
Linguasphere
No data available
58-ABD-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional