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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Ghana, Ivory coast
Benin, Nigeria
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
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2
Rank: 13 (Overall)
2
Rank: 13 (Overall)
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1.3 National Language
Ghana
Nigeria
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa
1.6 Minority Language
Benin, United States of America
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
1.7 Regulated By
Akan Orthography Committee
Yoruba Academy
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.
  • 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.
1.9 Similar To
Not Available
Owo and Itsekiri languages
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
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21
Rank: 3 (Overall)
29
Rank: 11 (Overall)
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2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
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10
Rank: 7 (Overall)
12
Rank: 9 (Overall)
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2.3.2 How Many Consonants
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16
Rank: 6 (Overall)
17
Rank: 7 (Overall)
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2.4 Scripts
Latin
Latin
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
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3
Rank: 2 (Overall)
3
Rank: 2 (Overall)
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2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
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44 weeks
Rank: 11 (Overall)
30 weeks
Rank: 9 (Overall)
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3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
ete-sen
Ẹ n lẹ
3.2 Thank You
meda ase
e dupe
3.3 How Are You?
wo ho te sɛn?
Bawo ni o se wa
3.4 Good Night
maadwo
Kasun layọ o
3.5 Good Evening
maadwo
ka a ale
3.6 Good Afternoon
maaha
e kaasan
3.7 Good Morning
maakye
e kaaro
3.8 Please
wae
Jowo
3.9 Sorry
Kafra
binu
3.10 Bye
bye
bye
3.11 I Love You
Me doכ wo
mo nifẹ rẹ
3.12 Excuse Me
mepa wo kyɛw
mo tọrọ gafara
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Asante
Itsekiri
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Ghana
Nigeria
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
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9,000,000.00
Rank: 13 (Overall)
500,000.00
Rank: 34 (Overall)
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4.2 Dialect 2
Akuapem
Ede
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Ghana
Benin, Togo
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
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9,000,000.00
Rank: 10 (Overall)
800,000.00
Rank: 27 (Overall)
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4.3 Dialect 3
Fante
Ulukwumi
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Ghana
Nigeria
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
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1,900,000.00
Rank: 15 (Overall)
10,000.00
Rank: 34 (Overall)
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4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
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3
Rank: 3 (Overall)
20
Rank: 18 (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)
30.00 million
Rank: 36 (Overall)
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5.2 Speaking Population
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0.17 %
Rank: 47 (Overall)
0.42 %
Rank: 32 (Overall)
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5.3 Native Speakers
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11.00 million
Rank: 45 (Overall)
28.00 million
Rank: 29 (Overall)
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5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
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5.3.2 Native Name
Akan
Yorùbá
5.3.3 Alternative Names
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Yariba, Yooba
5.3.4 French Name
akan
yoruba
5.3.5 German Name
Akan-Sprache
Yoruba-Sprache
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Akan people
Yoruba people
6 History
6.1 Origin
15
4 BC
6.2 Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Niger-Congo Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
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Western Sudanic
6.2.2 Branch
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Kwa
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Akan
Yorùbá
6.3.3 Language Position
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Rank: 66 (Overall)
49
Rank: 36 (Overall)
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6.3.4 Signed Forms
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Yoruba Sign Language
6.4 Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
ak
yo
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
aka
yor
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
aka
yor
7.3 ISO 639 3
aka
yor
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
akan1251
yoru1245
7.6 Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
7.7.3 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.

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