Countries
Countries
Ghana, Ivory coast
India
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Ghana
India
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
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.
- Tulu script is similar to Thigalaya script, which was one of the earliest scripts such as Persian and Latin.
- Tulu is a protoDravidian i.e original language.
Similar To
Ewe and Ga-Dangme Languages
Kannada Language
Derived From
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Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2151
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1016
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1635
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Kannada Script
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
35
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Greetings
Hello
ete-sen
Namaskara
Thank You
meda ase
Mast Upakara.
How Are You?
wo ho te sɛn?
Yencha Ullar?
Good Night
maadwo
yedde rathre
Good Evening
maadwo
yedde baiyya
Good Afternoon
maaha
yedde madhyana
Good Morning
maakye
yedde kaande
Please
wae
Daya maltadu
Sorry
Kafra
Yenna thapu aandu
Bye
bye
Barpe
I Love You
Me doכ wo
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye
Excuse Me
mepa wo kyɛw
Kshamisi
Dialects
Dialect 1
Asante
Brahmin tulu
Where They Speak
Ghana
Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.002,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Akuapem
Jain
Where They Speak
Ghana
Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.001,900,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Fante
Girijan
Where They Speak
Ghana
Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.002.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
34
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
11.00 million1.70 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.17 %0.01 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
11.00 million1.70 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
21.00 million2.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Akan
Tulu
Alternative Names
Twi, Fante
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa
French Name
akan
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German Name
Akan-Sprache
Tulu
Pronunciation
[ˈaːkã]
[ˈtulu]
Ethnicity
Akan people
Tuluva
History
Origin
15
14
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Akan
Tulu
Language Position
10423
1
120
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Signed Forms
Akan Sign Language
Signed Tulu
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
ak
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
aka
tcy
ISO 639 2/B
aka
tul
ISO 639 3
aka
tcy
ISO 639 6
aka
tcy
Glottocode
akan1251
tulu1258
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
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