Countries
Ghana, Ivory coast
Laos
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Ghana
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
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.
- There is no space left between words, only between phrases or sentences in Lao language.
- The Lao alphabets has been reformed many times over the past 50 years.
Similar To
Ewe and Ga-Dangme Languages
Thai Language
Derived From
-
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2153
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
1028
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1627
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Thai and Lao Braille
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
ete-sen
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Thank You
meda ase
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
How Are You?
wo ho te sɛn?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Good Night
maadwo
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Good Evening
maadwo
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Good Afternoon
maaha
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Good Morning
maakye
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Please
wae
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Sorry
Kafra
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Bye
bye
Sôhk dii der
I Love You
Me doכ wo
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Excuse Me
mepa wo kyɛw
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Dialect 1
Asante
Vientiane Lao
Where They Speak
Ghana
Laos
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.003,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Akuapem
Northern Lao
Where They Speak
Ghana
Laos
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.003,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Fante
Central Lao
Where They Speak
Ghana
Laos
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.003,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
36
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
11.00 million25.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.17 %0.22 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
11.00 million25.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
21.00 million3.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Akan
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Alternative Names
Twi, Fante
Eastern Thai, Lào, Lao Kao, Lao Wiang, Lao-Lum, Lao-Noi, Lao-Tai, Laotian, Laotian Tai, Lum Lao, Phou Lao, Rong Kong, Tai Lao
French Name
akan
lao
German Name
Akan-Sprache
Laotisch
Pronunciation
[ˈaːkã]
pʰáːsǎː láːw
Ethnicity
Akan people
Lao people
Origin
15
1283 CE
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Subgroup
-
Tai
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No Early forms
Standard Forms
Akan
Lao
Language Position
10443
1
120
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Signed Forms
Akan Sign Language
Lao Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
ak
lo
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
aka
lao
ISO 639 2/B
aka
lao
ISO 639 3
aka
lao
ISO 639 6
aka
lao
Glottocode
akan1251
laoo1244
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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Isolating