Countries
Ghana, Ivory coast
India
Total No. Of Countries
21
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
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.
- Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
- Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
Similar To
Ewe and Ga-Dangme Languages
Old German Language
Derived From
-
Prakrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2152
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1016
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1636
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks20 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ete-sen
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)
Thank You
meda ase
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)
How Are You?
wo ho te sɛn?
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)
Good Night
maadwo
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)
Good Evening
maadwo
शुभः सायंकालः
Good Afternoon
maaha
शुभ दुपार
Good Morning
maakye
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)
Please
wae
कृपया (kripayā)
Sorry
Kafra
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
Bye
bye
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)
I Love You
Me doכ wo
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)
Excuse Me
mepa wo kyɛw
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
Dialect 1
Asante
Not present
Where They Speak
Ghana
-
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00140,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Akuapem
Not present
Where They Speak
Ghana
-
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00140,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Fante
Not present
Where They Speak
Ghana
-
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00140,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
30
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
11.00 million14.10 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.17 %0.01 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
11.00 million14.10 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
21.00 million-
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Akan
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)
Alternative Names
Twi, Fante
Saṃskṛtam, Sanskritam
French Name
akan
sanskrit
German Name
Akan-Sprache
Sanskrit
Pronunciation
[ˈaːkã]
[səmskr̩t̪əm]
Ethnicity
Akan people
Sanskrit speakers
Origin
15
2000 B.C.
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Vedic Sanskrit
Standard Forms
Akan
Sanskrit
Language Position
10423
1
120
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Signed Forms
Akan Sign Language
-
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
ak
sa
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
aka
san
ISO 639 2/B
aka
san
ISO 639 3
aka
san
ISO 639 6
aka
san
Glottocode
akan1251
sans1269
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Ancient
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Synthetic