Countries
Ghana, Ivory coast
Fiji, India
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
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National Language
Ghana
India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia, Oceania
Minority Language
Benin, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Akan Orthography Committee
Central Hindi Directorate
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.
- In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
- In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
Similar To
Ewe and Ga-Dangme Languages
Urdu
Derived From
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2144
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
1011
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1633
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Latin
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
34
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ete-sen
नमस्ते (Namastē)
Thank You
meda ase
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
How Are You?
wo ho te sɛn?
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)
Good Night
maadwo
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)
Good Evening
maadwo
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)
Good Afternoon
maaha
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)
Good Morning
maakye
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)
Please
wae
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
Sorry
Kafra
खेद (Khēda)
Bye
bye
अलविदा (Alavidā)
I Love You
Me doכ wo
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)
Excuse Me
mepa wo kyɛw
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)
Dialect 1
Asante
Khariboli
Where They Speak
Ghana
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00240,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Akuapem
Marwari
Where They Speak
Ghana
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.0022,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Fante
Bundeli
Where They Speak
Ghana
Bundelkhand
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.0020,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
321
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
11.00 million380.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.17 %4.70 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
11.00 million260.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
21.00 million120.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Akan
हिन्दी
Alternative Names
Twi, Fante
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli
French Name
akan
hindi
German Name
Akan-Sprache
Hindi
Pronunciation
[ˈaːkã]
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]
Ethnicity
Akan people
Hindustani people
Origin
15
7th Century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Akan
Standard Hindi
Language Position
1045
1
120
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Signed Forms
Akan Sign Language
Indian Signing System
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
ak
hi
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
aka
hin
ISO 639 2/B
aka
hin
ISO 639 3
aka
hin
ISO 639 6
aka
hins
Glottocode
akan1251
hind1269
Linguasphere
No data available
59-AAF-qf
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional, Synthetic