Countries
Myanmar
Ghana, Ivory coast
National Language
Myanmar
Ghana
Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Mon
Benin, United States of America
Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission
Akan Orthography Committee
Interesting Facts
- The naming of people in Burmese is strange. There is no last name, often name is rhymed such as Ming Ming, Mo Mo or Jo Jo.
- It appears as odd language to many people because it has peculiar pitch register, tonal form as 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
Thai Language
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Derived From
Pali Language
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
ete-sen
Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
meda ase
How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
wo ho te sɛn?
Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
maadwo
Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
maadwo
Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
maaha
Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
maakye
Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
wae
Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
Kafra
Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
bye
I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
Me doכ wo
Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
mepa wo kyɛw
Dialect 1
Arakanese
Asante
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
Ghana
Dialect 2
Tavoyan
Akuapem
Where They Speak
Myanmar
Ghana
Where They Speak
Burma
Ghana
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
Akan
Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
Not Available
German Name
Birmanisch
Akan-Sprache
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Bamar people
Akan people
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
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Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Burmese
Akan
Signed Forms
Burmese sign language
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
sout3159
akan1251
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Not Available
All Burmese 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 Burmese and Akan dialects. Various dialects of Burmese and Akan language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Burmese are spoken in different Burmese Speaking Countries whereas Akan Dialects are spoken in different Akan speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Burmese vs Akan Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Burmese dialects include: Arakanese, Tavoyan. Akan dialects include: Asante , Akuapem. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Burmese and Akan Speaking population
Burmese and Akan speaking population is one of the factors based on which Burmese and Akan languages can be compared. The total count of Burmese and Akan Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Burmese language is 0.50 % 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 Burmese and Akan on Burmese vs Akan where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Burmese and Akan Language Codes
Burmese and Akan language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Burmese and Akan Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.