Akan and Sinhalese
Countries
Ghana, Ivory coast
Sri Lanka
National Language
Ghana
Sri Lanka
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Sri Lanka
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Benin, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Akan Orthography Committee
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
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.
- In Sinhalese language, there are many loanwords from Dravidian languages mainly Tamil, Portuguese, Dutch and English.
- Sinhalese language has it own script/ writing system.
Similar To
Ewe and Ga-Dangme Languages
Maldivian Language
Derived From
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Latin
Sinhala alphabet
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
meda ase
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
How Are You?
wo ho te sɛn?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
Good Night
maadwo
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
Good Evening
maadwo
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
Good Afternoon
maaha
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
Good Morning
maakye
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
Please
wae
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
Sorry
Kafra
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
I Love You
Me doכ wo
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Excuse Me
mepa wo kyɛw
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Where They Speak
Ghana
Sri Lanka
Dialect 2
Akuapem
Sri Lankan Sinhala
Dialect 3
Fante
Up-Country Sinhalese
Native Name
Akan
සිංහල (sĩhala)
Alternative Names
Twi, Fante
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
French Name
akan
singhalais
German Name
Akan-Sprache
Singhalesisch
Pronunciation
[ˈaːkã]
[ˈsiŋhəliːz]
Ethnicity
Akan people
Sinhalese people
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
No early forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
Standard Forms
Akan
Modern Sinhalese
Signed Forms
Akan Sign Language
Signed Sinhalese
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
Glottocode
akan1251
sinh1246
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Fusional
All Akan and Sinhalese 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 Sinhalese dialects. Various dialects of Akan and Sinhalese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Akan are spoken in different Akan Speaking Countries whereas Sinhalese Dialects are spoken in different Sinhalese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Akan vs Sinhalese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Akan dialects include: Asante, Akuapem. Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda , Sri Lankan Sinhala. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Akan and Sinhalese Speaking population
Akan and Sinhalese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Akan and Sinhalese languages can be compared. The total count of Akan and Sinhalese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Akan language is 0.17 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Sinhalese 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 Sinhalese on Akan vs Sinhalese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Akan and Sinhalese Language Codes
Akan and Sinhalese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Akan and Sinhalese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.