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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Ghana, Ivory coast
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
Spanish
2
Rank: 13 (Overall)
Bhojpuri
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1.3 National Language
Ghana
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
Africa
1.6 Minority Language
Benin, United States of America
1.7 Regulated By
Akan Orthography Committee
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.
1.9 Similar To
Not Available
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
Tamil
21
Rank: 3 (Overall)
Irish
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2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
Thai
10
Rank: 7 (Overall)
Hebrew
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2.3.2 How Many Consonants
Hmong
16
Rank: 6 (Overall)
German
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2.4 Scripts
Latin
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
Armenian
3
Rank: 2 (Overall)
Bengali
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2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
Chinese
44 weeks
Rank: 11 (Overall)
Cebuano
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3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
ete-sen
3.2 Thank You
meda ase
3.3 How Are You?
wo ho te sɛn?
3.4 Good Night
maadwo
3.5 Good Evening
maadwo
3.6 Good Afternoon
maaha
3.7 Good Morning
maakye
3.8 Please
wae
3.9 Sorry
Kafra
3.10 Bye
bye
3.11 I Love You
Me doכ wo
3.12 Excuse Me
mepa wo kyɛw
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Asante
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Ghana
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
Chinese
9,000,000.00
Rank: 13 (Overall)
Macedonian
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4.2 Dialect 2
Akuapem
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Ghana
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
Chinese
9,000,000.00
Rank: 10 (Overall)
Dzongkha
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4.3 Dialect 3
Fante
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Ghana
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
Swedish
1,900,000.00
Rank: 15 (Overall)
Romanian
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4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
English
3
Rank: 3 (Overall)
Sanskrit
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5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
English
11.00 million
Rank: 51 (Overall)
Abkhaz
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5.2 Speaking Population
Croatian
0.17 %
Rank: 47 (Overall)
Xhosa
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5.3 Native Speakers
Chinese
11.00 million
Rank: 45 (Overall)
Abkhaz
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5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
English
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
Finnish
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5.3.2 Native Name
Akan
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Not Available
5.3.4 French Name
akan
5.3.5 German Name
Akan-Sprache
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Akan people
6 History
6.1 Origin
15
6.2 Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Akan
6.3.3 Language Position
Georgian
104
Rank: 66 (Overall)
Chinese
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6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
6.4 Scope
Macrolanguage
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
ak
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
aka
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
aka
7.3 ISO 639 3
aka
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
akan1251
7.6 Linguasphere
No data available
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available

Origin of Akan language

In order to communicate with each other, the origin of language was the essential part. Various languages are spoken all over the world. Akan language is one of the Easiest Languages to Learn. The origin of Akan language states that it was put to use in 15. The history of Akan language reveals that the language is old and used since many years. Check out in brief about Akan Language History. Akan has no early forms. Akan is the standard form of Akan language and it is used in government centers. Know all About Akan Language.

Akan population

Akan population gives us the total count of number of people speaking Akan language. Akan language is spoken by 11.00 million people in the world. Most of the Akan population lies in the Akan Speaking Countries. Akan language is spoken as first language by 11.00 million people and no total count of people speaking Akan as second language. Get to know Akan speaking population in detail.

Akan writing system

There are numerous writing systems but most widely used scripts are Latin, Cyrillic and Arabic. Akan writing system decides the alphabets, vowels and consonants i.e. the written form of Akan language. Some languages share common writing systems. Latin script is used by Akan language. Learn more about . 

Information about Akan language

Check out all the information about Akan language here. You may find it interesting to learn Akan Alphabets or the vowels and consonants of this language. Also knowing about Akan Speaking Countries, Akan speaking continents and Akan Dialects will help in improving your knowledge about this language. Also while travelling to Akan countries knowing common Akan Greetings will help you in communicating with Akan people.