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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Ghana, Ivory coast
South Africa
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
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2
Rank: 13 (Overall)
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Rank: 14 (Overall)
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1.3 National Language
Ghana
South Africa
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Lesotho, South Africa
1.5 Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa
1.6 Minority Language
Benin, United States of America
Botswana, Lesotho
1.7 Regulated By
Akan Orthography Committee
Not Available
1.8 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.
  • Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
  • The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
1.9 Similar To
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Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
1.10 Derived From
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Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
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21
Rank: 3 (Overall)
53
Rank: 32 (Overall)
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2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
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10
Rank: 7 (Overall)
10
Rank: 7 (Overall)
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2.3.2 How Many Consonants
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16
Rank: 6 (Overall)
43
Rank: 32 (Overall)
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2.4 Scripts
Latin
Latin
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
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3
Rank: 2 (Overall)
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2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
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44 weeks
Rank: 11 (Overall)
44 weeks
Rank: 11 (Overall)
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3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
ete-sen
Molo
3.2 Thank You
meda ase
Ndiyabulela
3.3 How Are You?
wo ho te sɛn?
Unjani
3.4 Good Night
maadwo
Ulale kakuhle
3.5 Good Evening
maadwo
Ubusuku obuhle
3.6 Good Afternoon
maaha
Uben' emva kwemini entle
3.7 Good Morning
maakye
Molo
3.8 Please
wae
Ndicela
3.9 Sorry
Kafra
Ndicela uxolo
3.10 Bye
bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
3.11 I Love You
Me doכ wo
Ndiyakuthanda
3.12 Excuse Me
mepa wo kyɛw
Uxolo
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Asante
Gcaleka
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Ghana
South Africa
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
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9,000,000.00
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4.2 Dialect 2
Akuapem
Thembu
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Ghana
South Africa
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
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9,000,000.00
Rank: 10 (Overall)
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
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4.3 Dialect 3
Fante
Hlubi
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Ghana
South Africa
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
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1,900,000.00
Rank: 15 (Overall)
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4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
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3
Rank: 3 (Overall)
9
Rank: 9 (Overall)
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5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
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11.00 million
Rank: 51 (Overall)
20.00 million
Rank: 42 (Overall)
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5.2 Speaking Population
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0.17 %
Rank: 47 (Overall)
0.11 %
Rank: 53 (Overall)
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5.3 Native Speakers
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11.00 million
Rank: 45 (Overall)
8.20 million
Rank: 52 (Overall)
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5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
11.00 million
Rank: 21 (Overall)
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5.3.2 Native Name
Akan
isiXhosa
5.3.3 Alternative Names
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“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
5.3.4 French Name
akan
xhosa
5.3.5 German Name
Akan-Sprache
Xhosa-Sprache
5.4 Pronunciation
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5.5 Ethnicity
Akan people
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
6 History
6.1 Origin
15
16th Century
6.2 Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Niger-Congo Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
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Benue-Congo
6.2.2 Branch
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Bantu
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Akan
isiXhosa
6.3.3 Language Position
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6.3.4 Signed Forms
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Signed Xhosa
6.4 Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
ak
xh
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
aka
xho
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
aka
xho
7.3 ISO 639 3
aka
xho
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
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7.5 Glottocode
akan1251
xhos1239
7.6 Linguasphere
No data available
99-AUT-fa
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
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Akan and Xhosa Alphabets

Akan and Xhosa Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Akan and Xhosa. In Akan Alphabets there are 21 letters while in Xhosa Alphabets there are 53 letters. To learn Akan and Xhosa languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Akan and Xhosa 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 Xhosa greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Akan and Xhosa are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Akan and Xhosa Speaking population

Akan and Xhosa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Akan and Xhosa languages can be compared. The total count of Akan and Xhosa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Akan language is 0.17 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Xhosa language is 0.11 %. 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 Xhosa on Akan vs Xhosa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Akan and Xhosa Language Codes

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

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