Countries
Ghana, Ivory coast
Zimbabwe
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Ghana
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa
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.
- Shona language is tonal language.
- The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
Similar To
Ewe and Ga-Dangme Languages
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2137
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
105
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1646
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
34
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ete-sen
Mhoro
Thank You
meda ase
Waita zvako
How Are You?
wo ho te sɛn?
Wakadini zvako?
Good Night
maadwo
Urare zvakanaka
Good Evening
maadwo
Manheru
Good Afternoon
maaha
Masikati
Good Morning
maakye
Mangwanani
Please
wae
Ndinokumbirawo
Sorry
Kafra
Ndineurombo
Bye
bye
bye
I Love You
Me doכ wo
Ndinokuda
Excuse Me
mepa wo kyɛw
Pamusoro
Dialect 1
Asante
Hwesa
Where They Speak
Ghana
Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.0011,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Akuapem
Karanga
Where They Speak
Ghana
southern Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.001,100,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Fante
Zezuru
Where They Speak
Ghana
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.0016.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
34
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
11.00 million25.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.17 %0.13 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
11.00 million8.30 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
21.00 million16.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Akan
chiShona
Alternative Names
Twi, Fante
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
French Name
akan
shona
German Name
Akan-Sprache
Schona-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈaːkã]
[ʃoːna]
Ethnicity
Akan people
Shona people
Origin
15
20th century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
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Benue-Congo
Branch
-
Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Shona and Middle Shona
Standard Forms
Akan
Standard Shona
Language Position
104107
1
120
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Signed Forms
Akan Sign Language
Signed Shona
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
ak
sn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
aka
sna
ISO 639 2/B
aka
sna
ISO 639 3
aka
sna
ISO 639 6
aka
sna
Glottocode
akan1251
core1255
Linguasphere
No data available
99-AUT-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
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