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Countries

Countries

Ghana, Ivory coast
Thailand

Total No. Of Countries

21
0 46
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National Language

Ghana
Thailand

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
Burma, Cambodia, Laos

Regulated By

Akan Orthography Committee
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)

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.
  • Thai is tonal language and also it is very repetitive and exaggerative language.
  • You should learn thai language with native speakers and not with books or recorders, since speaking and writing in thai are not the same.

Similar To

Ewe and Ga-Dangme Languages
Lao Language

Derived From

-
Khmer Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2144
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

1032
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1644
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Thai

Writing Direction

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

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

33
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

ete-sen
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)

Thank You

meda ase
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)

How Are You?

wo ho te sɛn?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)

Good Night

maadwo
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)

Good Evening

maadwo
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)

Good Afternoon

maaha
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)

Good Morning

maakye
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)

Please

wae
โปรด (Pord)

Sorry

Kafra
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)

Bye

bye
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)

I Love You

Me doכ wo
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)

Excuse Me

mepa wo kyɛw
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Asante
Isan

Where They Speak

Ghana
Isan

How Many People Speak

9,000,000.0020,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Akuapem
Northern Thai

Where They Speak

Ghana
Northern Thailand

How Many People Speak

9,000,000.006,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Fante
Southern Thai

Where They Speak

Ghana
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi

How Many People Speak

1,900,000.004,500,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

39
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

11.00 million60.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.17 %0.85 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

11.00 million20.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

21.00 million40.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Akan
ภาษาไทย

Alternative Names

Twi, Fante
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang

French Name

akan
thaï

German Name

Akan-Sprache
Thailändisch

Pronunciation

[ˈaːkã]
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]

Ethnicity

Akan people
Central Thai and Thai Chinese

History

Origin

15
1283 CE

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family
Tai-Kadai Family

Subgroup

-
Tai

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Old Thai

Standard Forms

Akan
Thai

Language Position

10447
1 120
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Signed Forms

Akan Sign Language
Thai Sign Language

Scope

Macrolanguage
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ak
th

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

aka
tha

ISO 639 2/B

aka
tha

ISO 639 3

aka
tha

ISO 639 6

aka
tha

Glottocode

akan1251
thai1261

Linguasphere

No data available
47-AAA-b

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

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Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

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Analytic, Isolating

Akan and Thai Alphabets

Akan and Thai Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Akan and Thai. In Akan Alphabets there are 21 letters while in Thai Alphabets there are 44 letters. To learn Akan and Thai languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Akan and Thai 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 Thai greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Akan and Thai are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Akan and Thai Speaking population

Akan and Thai speaking population is one of the factors based on which Akan and Thai languages can be compared. The total count of Akan and Thai Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Akan language is 0.17 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Thai language is 0.85 %. 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 Thai on Akan vs Thai where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Akan and Thai Language Codes

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