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Countries

Countries

Ghana, Ivory coast
Benin, Nigeria

Total No. Of Countries

22
0 46
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National Language

Ghana
Nigeria

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Africa
Africa

Minority Language

Benin, United States of America
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America

Regulated By

Akan Orthography Committee
Yoruba 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.
  • One of the largest African ethnic groups is Yoruba in south of Sahara Desert.
  • In Yoruba language, same combination of vowels and consonants have different meanings depending on the pitch of the vowels, so it is tonal language.

Similar To

Ewe and Ga-Dangme Languages
Owo and Itsekiri languages

Derived From

-
-

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2129
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

1012
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1617
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

33
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks30 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

ete-sen
Ẹ n lẹ

Thank You

meda ase
e dupe

How Are You?

wo ho te sɛn?
Bawo ni o se wa

Good Night

maadwo
Kasun layọ o

Good Evening

maadwo
ka a ale

Good Afternoon

maaha
e kaasan

Good Morning

maakye
e kaaro

Please

wae
Jowo

Sorry

Kafra
binu

Bye

bye
bye

I Love You

Me doכ wo
mo nifẹ rẹ

Excuse Me

mepa wo kyɛw
mo tọrọ gafara

Dialects

Dialect 1

Asante
Itsekiri

Where They Speak

Ghana
Nigeria

How Many People Speak

9,000,000.00500,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Akuapem
Ede

Where They Speak

Ghana
Benin, Togo

How Many People Speak

9,000,000.00800,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Fante
Ulukwumi

Where They Speak

Ghana
Nigeria

How Many People Speak

1,900,000.0010,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

320
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

11.00 million30.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.17 %0.42 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

11.00 million28.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

21.00 million30.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Akan
Yorùbá

Alternative Names

Twi, Fante
Yariba, Yooba

French Name

akan
yoruba

German Name

Akan-Sprache
Yoruba-Sprache

Pronunciation

[ˈaːkã]
[jòɾùbá]

Ethnicity

Akan people
Yoruba people

History

Origin

15
4 BC

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family
Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup

-
Western Sudanic

Branch

-
Kwa

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

Akan
Yorùbá

Language Position

10449
1 120
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Signed Forms

Akan Sign Language
Yoruba Sign Language

Scope

Macrolanguage
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ak
yo

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

aka
yor

ISO 639 2/B

aka
yor

ISO 639 3

aka
yor

ISO 639 6

aka
yor

Glottocode

akan1251
yoru1245

Linguasphere

No data available
No data available

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 Yoruba Alphabets

Akan and Yoruba Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Akan and Yoruba. In Akan Alphabets there are 21 letters while in Yoruba Alphabets there are 29 letters. To learn Akan and Yoruba languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Akan and Yoruba 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 Yoruba greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Akan and Yoruba are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Akan and Yoruba Speaking population

Akan and Yoruba speaking population is one of the factors based on which Akan and Yoruba languages can be compared. The total count of Akan and Yoruba Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Akan language is 0.17 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Yoruba language is 0.42 %. 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 Yoruba on Akan vs Yoruba where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Akan and Yoruba Language Codes

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