Countries
Ghana, Ivory coast
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
Total No. Of Countries
23
0
46
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National Language
Ghana
Abkhazia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Europe
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.
- Abkhaz is a north-west Caucasian language.
- Abkhaz is spoken in Abkhazia by only 100,000 people, while in Turkey there are 500,000 people speaking Abkhaz.
Similar To
Ewe and Ga-Dangme Languages
Adyghe language, Abaza language
Derived From
-
Caucasian languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2162
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
102
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1660
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Cyrillic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks27 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ete-sen
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
Thank You
meda ase
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
How Are You?
wo ho te sɛn?
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
Good Night
maadwo
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
Good Evening
maadwo
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Good Afternoon
maaha
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Good Morning
maakye
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
Please
wae
амритана
Sorry
Kafra
Амарахь
Bye
bye
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
I Love You
Me doכ wo
-
Excuse Me
mepa wo kyɛw
Извините (Izvinite)
Dialect 1
Asante
Bzyb
Where They Speak
Ghana
Abkhazia
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00106,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Akuapem
Abzhywa
Where They Speak
Ghana
Caucasus
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00106,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Fante
Sadz
Where They Speak
Ghana
Turkey
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00106,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
33
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
11.00 million0.13 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.17 %0.01 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
11.00 million0.13 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
21.00 million-
0.01
400
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Native Name
Akan
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
Alternative Names
Twi, Fante
Abxazo, Abkhazian
French Name
akan
abkhaze
German Name
Akan-Sprache
Abchasisch
Pronunciation
[ˈaːkã]
[abxaz]
Ethnicity
Akan people
Abkhaz people
Origin
15
c. 1650
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Northwest Caucasian
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Akan
Abkhaz
Language Position
10428
1
120
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Signed Forms
Akan Sign Language
Abkhaz Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
ak
ab
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
aka
abk
ISO 639 2/B
aka
abk
ISO 639 3
aka
abk
ISO 639 6
aka
abks
Glottocode
akan1251
abkh1244
Linguasphere
No data available
No data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Agglutinative