Countries
Ghana, Ivory coast
India, Pakistan
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
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National Language
Ghana
India, Pakistan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Pakistan
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Benin, United States of America
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
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.
- Punjabi is 2nd most spoken in United Kingdom and 4th most spoken in Canada.
- Punjabi is tonal language, by using various tones Punjabi speakers are able to differentiate between words.
Similar To
Ewe and Ga-Dangme Languages
Hindi Language
Derived From
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Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2153
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
109
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1641
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
34
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks6 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ete-sen
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
Thank You
meda ase
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
How Are You?
wo ho te sɛn?
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
Good Night
maadwo
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
Good Evening
maadwo
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Good Afternoon
maaha
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
Good Morning
maakye
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Please
wae
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
Sorry
Kafra
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
Bye
bye
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
I Love You
Me doכ wo
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
Excuse Me
mepa wo kyɛw
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
Dialect 1
Asante
Pothohari
Where They Speak
Ghana
Pakistan
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.002,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Akuapem
Saraiki
Where They Speak
Ghana
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.0020,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Fante
Doabi
Where They Speak
Ghana
Pakistan, Punjab, India
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00130,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
330
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
11.00 million154.30 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.17 %1.44 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
11.00 million100.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
21.00 million54.30 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Akan
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
Alternative Names
Twi, Fante
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
French Name
akan
pendjabi
German Name
Akan-Sprache
Pandschabi-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈaːkã]
Not Availble
Ethnicity
Akan people
Punjabis
Origin
15
1000 AD
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
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Indo-Iranian
Branch
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Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
Standard Forms
Akan
Modern Punjabi
Language Position
10423
1
120
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Signed Forms
Akan Sign Language
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Macrolanguage
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ISO 639 1
ak
pa
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
aka
pan
ISO 639 2/B
aka
pan
ISO 639 3
aka
pan
ISO 639 6
aka
panj
Glottocode
akan1251
panj1256
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
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Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Fusional