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Amharic and Akan


Akan and Amharic


Countries

Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.  
Ghana, Ivory coast  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Ethiopia  
Ghana  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Africa  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Benin, United States of America  

Regulated By
-  
Akan Orthography Committee  

Interesting Facts
  • Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
  • Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages  
Ewe and Ga-Dangme Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Amharic-1.jpg#200  
Akan-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
33  
15
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
10  
7

How Many Consonants
31  
21
16  
6

Scripts
Ethiopic  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Selam  
ete-sen  

Thank You
amesege'nallo'  
meda ase  

How Are You?
Dehina newot?  
wo ho te sɛn?  

Good Night
Dehna dur  
maadwo  

Good Evening
melkam meshe't  
maadwo  

Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu  
maaha  

Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru  
maakye  

Please
i'bakwon  
wae  

Sorry
aznallehu  
Kafra  

Bye
tschao  
bye  

I Love You
afekirishalehu  
Me doכ wo  

Excuse Me
yiqirta  
mepa wo kyɛw  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gondar  
Asante  

Where They Speak
Gondar  
Ghana  

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00  
27
9,000,000.00  
39

Dialect 2
Gojjami  
Akuapem  

Where They Speak
Ethiopia  
Ghana  

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00  
24
9,000,000.00  
38

Dialect 3
Showa  
Fante  

Where They Speak
Ethiopia  
Ghana  

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00  
22
1,900,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
18.70 million  
99+
11.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.37 %  
37
0.17 %  
99+

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
11.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million  
99+
21.00 million  
29

Native Name
አማርኛ  
Akan  

Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian  
Twi, Fante  

French Name
amharique  
akan  

German Name
Amharisch  
Akan-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]  
[ˈaːkã]  

Ethnicity
Amharas  
Akan people  

History

Origin
13th century  
15  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Semitic  
-  

Branch
Ethiopic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Ge'ez  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Amharic  
Akan  

Language Position
55  
99+
104  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Amharic  
Akan Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
am  
ak  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
amh  
aka  

ISO 639 2/B
amh  
aka  

ISO 639 3
amh  
aka  

ISO 639 6
amh  
aka  

Glottocode
amha1245  
akan1251  

Linguasphere
12-ACB-a  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
-  

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All Amharic and Akan Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Amharic and Akan dialects. Various dialects of Amharic and Akan language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Amharic are spoken in different Amharic Speaking Countries whereas Akan Dialects are spoken in different Akan speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Amharic vs Akan Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Amharic dialects include: Gondar, Gojjami. Akan dialects include: Asante , Akuapem. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Amharic and Akan Speaking population

Amharic and Akan speaking population is one of the factors based on which Amharic and Akan languages can be compared. The total count of Amharic and Akan Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Amharic language is 0.37 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Akan language is 0.17 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Amharic and Akan on Amharic vs Akan where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Amharic and Akan Language Codes

Amharic and Akan language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Amharic and Akan Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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