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Countries

Countries

Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
Ghana, Ivory coast

Total No. Of Countries

42
0 46
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National Language

Bangladesh, India
Ghana

Second Language

India
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Asia
Africa

Minority Language

Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Maldives, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America
Benin, United States of America

Regulated By

Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
Akan Orthography Committee

Interesting Facts

  • Bengali language is the World's sweetest language.
  • 21st February is celebrated as an International Mother Language day, which is based on Bengali language.
  • 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

Assamese and Oriya
Ewe and Ga-Dangme Languages

Derived From

Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

5121
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

1110
0 32
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How Many Consonants

4016
9 60
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Scripts

Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

23
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

হ্যালো (Hyālō)
ete-sen

Thank You

ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
meda ase

How Are You?

কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
wo ho te sɛn?

Good Night

শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
maadwo

Good Evening

শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
maadwo

Good Afternoon

ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
maaha

Good Morning

সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
maakye

Please

অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
wae

Sorry

দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
Kafra

Bye

বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
bye

I Love You

আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
Me doכ wo

Excuse Me

মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
mepa wo kyɛw

Dialects

Dialect 1

Chakma
Asante

Where They Speak

Bangladesh, Burma, India
Ghana

How Many People Speak

330,000.009,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Hajong
Akuapem

Where They Speak

Bangladesh, India
Ghana

How Many People Speak

71,000.009,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Rarhi
Fante

Where They Speak

India
Ghana

How Many People Speak

230,000,000.001,900,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

253
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

215.00 million11.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

3.11 %0.17 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

196.00 million11.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

19.00 million21.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
Akan

Alternative Names

Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
Twi, Fante

French Name

bengali
akan

German Name

Bengali
Akan-Sprache

Pronunciation

[ˈbeŋɡali]
[ˈaːkã]

Ethnicity

Bengalis (Bengali people)
Akan people

History

Origin

1000–1200 CE
15

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup

Indo-Iranian
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Branch

Indic
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Language Forms

Early Forms

Abahatta, Old Bengali
No early forms

Standard Forms

Bengali
Akan

Language Position

4104
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Bengali
Akan Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Macrolanguage

Code

ISO 639 1

bn
ak

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

ben
aka

ISO 639 2/B

ben
aka

ISO 639 3

ben
aka

ISO 639 6

ben
aka

Glottocode

beng1280
akan1251

Linguasphere

59-AAF-u
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Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

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Language Morphological Typology

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Bengali and Akan Alphabets

Bengali and Akan Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Bengali and Akan. In Bengali Alphabets there are 51 letters while in Akan Alphabets there are 21 letters. To learn Bengali and Akan languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Bengali and Akan languages. The Bengali phonology consist Bengali vowels and Bengali consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Bengali greetings vs Akan greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Bengali and Akan are Most Spoken Languages.

All Bengali 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 Bengali and Akan dialects. Various dialects of Bengali and Akan language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Bengali are spoken in different Bengali Speaking Countries whereas Akan Dialects are spoken in different Akan speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Bengali vs Akan Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Bengali dialects include: Chakma, Hajong. Akan dialects include: Asante , Akuapem. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Bengali and Akan Speaking population

Bengali and Akan speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bengali and Akan languages can be compared. The total count of Bengali and Akan Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bengali language is 3.11 % 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 Bengali and Akan on Bengali vs Akan where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Bengali and Akan Language Codes

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