Countries
Ghana, Ivory coast
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Total No. Of Countries
23
0
46
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National Language
Ghana
Somalia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa, Middle East
Minority Language
Benin, United States of America
Yemen
Regulated By
Akan Orthography Committee
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
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.
- Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
- One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali Language.
Similar To
Ewe and Ga-Dangme Languages
Afar and Oromo Language
Derived From
-
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2126
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
105
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1621
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
35
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks52 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
ete-sen
Hello
Thank You
meda ase
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
How Are You?
wo ho te sɛn?
Sidee tahay ?
Good Night
maadwo
Habeenka Good
Good Evening
maadwo
Evening Good
Good Afternoon
maaha
galab wanaagsan
Good Morning
maakye
Subax wanaagsan
Please
wae
Fadlan
Sorry
Kafra
sorry
Bye
bye
caraysiiyo
I Love You
Me doכ wo
Waan ku jeclahay
Excuse Me
mepa wo kyɛw
iga raali ahow
Dialect 1
Asante
Northern Somali
Where They Speak
Ghana
Gabon, Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.0016,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Akuapem
Benaadir
Where They Speak
Ghana
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.0016,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Fante
Af-Ashraaf
Where They Speak
Ghana
Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.0021.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
33
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
11.00 million13.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.17 %0.07 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
11.00 million8.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
21.00 million21.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Akan
af Soomaali
Alternative Names
Twi, Fante
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
French Name
akan
somali
German Name
Akan-Sprache
Somali
Pronunciation
[ˈaːkã]
[afsoomaali]
Ethnicity
Akan people
Somalis
Origin
15
19th century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
-
Cushitic
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Akan
Somali
Language Position
10483
1
120
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Signed Forms
Akan Sign Language
Somali Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
ak
so
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
aka
som
ISO 639 2/B
aka
som
ISO 639 3
aka
som
ISO 639 6
aka
som
Glottocode
akan1251
soma1255
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
-