Countries
Ghana, Ivory coast
Israel
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Ghana
Israel
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Israel
Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa, Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Benin, United States of America
Poland
Regulated By
Akan Orthography Committee
Academy of the Hebrew Language
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.
- The original language of Bible is Hebrew.
- The men and women use different verbs in hebrew language.
Similar To
Ewe and Ga-Dangme Languages
Arabic and Aramaic languages
Derived From
-
Aramaic Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2122
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
100
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1622
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Hebrew
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ete-sen
שלום (Shalom)
Thank You
meda ase
תודה (Toda)
How Are You?
wo ho te sɛn?
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)
Good Night
maadwo
לילה טוב (Laila tov)
Good Evening
maadwo
ערב טוב (Erev tov)
Good Afternoon
maaha
אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)
Good Morning
maakye
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)
Please
wae
בבקשה (bevekshah)
Sorry
Kafra
סליחה! (Slicha)
Bye
bye
להתראות (Lehitraot)
I Love You
Me doכ wo
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)
Excuse Me
mepa wo kyɛw
בבקשה!
Dialect 1
Asante
Ashkenazi Hebrew
Where They Speak
Ghana
Israel
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.009,200,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Akuapem
Samaritan Hebrew
Where They Speak
Ghana
Israel, Palestine
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.009,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Fante
Yemenite Hebrew
Where They Speak
Ghana
Israel
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.009,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
37
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
11.00 million9.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.17 %0.11 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
11.00 million4.40 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
21.00 million5.60 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Akan
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)
Alternative Names
Twi, Fante
Israeli, Ivrit
French Name
akan
hébreu
German Name
Akan-Sprache
Hebräisch
Pronunciation
[ˈaːkã]
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]
Ethnicity
Akan people
Hebrew-speaking people
Origin
15
1000 BC
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
-
Semitic
Branch
-
Canaanitic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew
Standard Forms
Akan
Modern Hebrew
Language Position
10423
1
120
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Signed Forms
Akan Sign Language
Signed Hebrew
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
ak
he
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
aka
heb
ISO 639 2/B
aka
heb
ISO 639 3
aka
heb
ISO 639 6
aka
heb
Glottocode
akan1251
hebr1246
Linguasphere
No data available
12-AAB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional, Synthetic