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Countries

Countries

Ghana, Ivory coast
India, Pakistan

Total No. Of Countries

22
0 46
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National Language

Ghana
India, Pakistan

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Pakistan

Speaking Continents

Africa
Asia

Minority Language

Benin, United States of America
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America

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.
  • Punjabi is 2nd most spoken in United Kingdom and 4th most spoken in Canada.
  • Punjabi is tonal language, by using various tones Punjabi speakers are able to differentiate between words.

Similar To

Ewe and Ga-Dangme Languages
Hindi Language

Derived From

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Sanskrit Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2153
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

109
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1641
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

34
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks6 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

ete-sen
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)

Thank You

meda ase
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)

How Are You?

wo ho te sɛn?
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)

Good Night

maadwo
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)

Good Evening

maadwo
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)

Good Afternoon

maaha
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)

Good Morning

maakye
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)

Please

wae
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)

Sorry

Kafra
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)

Bye

bye
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)

I Love You

Me doכ wo
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)

Excuse Me

mepa wo kyɛw
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Asante
Pothohari

Where They Speak

Ghana
Pakistan

How Many People Speak

9,000,000.002,500,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Akuapem
Saraiki

Where They Speak

Ghana
Afganistan, India, Pakistan

How Many People Speak

9,000,000.0020,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Fante
Doabi

Where They Speak

Ghana
Pakistan, Punjab, India

How Many People Speak

1,900,000.00130,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

330
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

11.00 million154.30 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.17 %1.44 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

11.00 million100.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

21.00 million54.30 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Akan
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی

Alternative Names

Twi, Fante
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi

French Name

akan
pendjabi

German Name

Akan-Sprache
Pandschabi-Sprache

Pronunciation

[ˈaːkã]
Not Availble

Ethnicity

Akan people
Punjabis

History

Origin

15
1000 AD

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

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Indo-Iranian

Branch

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Indic

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi

Standard Forms

Akan
Modern Punjabi

Language Position

10423
1 120
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Signed Forms

Akan Sign Language
Indian Signing System (ISS)

Scope

Macrolanguage
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Code

ISO 639 1

ak
pa

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

aka
pan

ISO 639 2/B

aka
pan

ISO 639 3

aka
pan

ISO 639 6

aka
panj

Glottocode

akan1251
panj1256

Linguasphere

No data available
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
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Language Linguistic Typology

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Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

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Fusional

Akan and Punjabi Alphabets

Akan and Punjabi Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Akan and Punjabi. In Akan Alphabets there are 21 letters while in Punjabi Alphabets there are 53 letters. To learn Akan and Punjabi languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Akan and Punjabi languages. The Akan phonology consist Akan vowels and Akan consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Akan greetings vs Punjabi greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Akan and Punjabi are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Akan and Punjabi Speaking population

Akan and Punjabi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Akan and Punjabi languages can be compared. The total count of Akan and Punjabi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Akan language is 0.17 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Punjabi language is 1.44 %. 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 Punjabi on Akan vs Punjabi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Akan and Punjabi Language Codes

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