Countries
Ghana, Ivory coast
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
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National Language
Ghana
Bosnia and Herzegovina
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
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
Regulated By
Akan Orthography Committee
University of Sarajevo
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.
- South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
- The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
Similar To
Ewe and Ga-Dangme Languages
Serbian and Croatian
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2130
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
105
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1625
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
35
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
ete-sen
Zdravo
Thank You
meda ase
Hvala
How Are You?
wo ho te sɛn?
Kako si?
Good Night
maadwo
Laku noc
Good Evening
maadwo
Dobro veće
Good Afternoon
maaha
Dobar dan
Good Morning
maakye
Dobro jutro
Please
wae
molim vas
Sorry
Kafra
Oprostite
Bye
bye
Zbogom
I Love You
Me doכ wo
Volim te
Excuse Me
mepa wo kyɛw
Oprostite
Dialect 1
Asante
Shtokavian
Where They Speak
Ghana
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.0013,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Akuapem
Chakavian
Where They Speak
Ghana
Croatia
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00660,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Fante
Kajkavian
Where They Speak
Ghana
Croatia
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.0021,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
36
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
11.00 million3.50 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.17 %0.13 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
11.00 million3.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
21.00 million20.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Akan
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى
Alternative Names
Twi, Fante
Bosanski Jezik
French Name
akan
bosniaque
German Name
Akan-Sprache
Bosnisch
Pronunciation
[ˈaːkã]
[bɔ̌sanskiː]
Ethnicity
Akan people
Bosniaks
Origin
15
19th Century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Akan
Bosnian
Language Position
10424
1
120
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Signed Forms
Akan Sign Language
Bosnian Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
ak
bs
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
aka
bos
ISO 639 2/B
aka
bos
ISO 639 3
aka
bos
ISO 639 6
aka
boss
Glottocode
akan1251
bosn1245
Linguasphere
No data available
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
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