Countries
Ghana, Ivory coast
Indonesia
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Ghana
Indonesia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
East Timor, Indonesia
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Benin, United States of America
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands
Regulated By
Akan Orthography Committee
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa
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 modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
- In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
Similar To
Ewe and Ga-Dangme Languages
Malay language
Derived From
-
Malay and Dutch Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2126
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
106
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1619
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
37
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks36 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
ete-sen
Halo
Thank You
meda ase
Terima kasih
How Are You?
wo ho te sɛn?
Apa kabar?
Good Night
maadwo
Selamat Malam
Good Evening
maadwo
Malam yang baik
Good Afternoon
maaha
Selamat Sore
Good Morning
maakye
Selamat Pagi
Please
wae
mohon Untuk
Sorry
Kafra
maaf
Bye
bye
Selamat tinggal
I Love You
Me doכ wo
Aku cinta kamu
Excuse Me
mepa wo kyɛw
Permisi
Dialect 1
Asante
Sundanese
Where They Speak
Ghana
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.0038,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Akuapem
Balinese
Where They Speak
Ghana
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.003,300,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Fante
Minangkabau
Where They Speak
Ghana
Indonesia, Malaysia
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.006,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
346
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
11.00 million163.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.17 %1.16 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
11.00 million23.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
21.00 million140.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Akan
Bahasa Melayu
Alternative Names
Twi, Fante
Bahasa Indonesia
French Name
akan
indonésien
German Name
Akan-Sprache
Bahasa Indonesia
Pronunciation
[ˈaːkã]
[bahaˈsa indoneˈsia]
Ethnicity
Akan people
Indonesians
Origin
15
7th Century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
-
Indonesian
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Malay
Standard Forms
Akan
Indonesian
Language Position
10456
1
120
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Signed Forms
Akan Sign Language
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
ak
id
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
aka
ind
ISO 639 2/B
aka
ind
ISO 639 3
aka
ind
ISO 639 6
aka
ind
Glottocode
akan1251
indo1316
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Agglutinative