Countries
Philippines
Ghana, Ivory coast
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Philippines
Ghana
Second Language
Philippines
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Benin, United States of America
Regulated By
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters
Akan Orthography Committee
Interesting Facts
- About one-fifth of the population of the philippines speak cebuano and are second largest ethnolinguistic group in the country.
- Cebuano contains many words of Spanish origin.
- 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
Hiligaynon Language
Ewe and Ga-Dangme Languages
Derived From
Island of Cebu
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2121
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
510
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1616
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
23
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
3 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Hoy
ete-sen
Thank You
Salamat
meda ase
How Are You?
Kumusta man ka?
wo ho te sɛn?
Good Night
Maayong Gabii
maadwo
Good Evening
Maayong Gabii
maadwo
Good Afternoon
Maayong Hapon
maaha
Good Morning
Maayong Buntag
maakye
Please
Palihug
wae
Sorry
Ikasubo ko
Kafra
Bye
Babay
bye
I Love You
Gihigugma ko ikaw
Me doכ wo
Excuse Me
Ekskyus mi
mepa wo kyɛw
Dialect 1
Boholano
Asante
Where They Speak
Bohol
Ghana
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.009,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Southern Kana
Akuapem
Where They Speak
southern Leyte
Ghana
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.009,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
North Kana
Fante
Where They Speak
northern part of Leyte
Ghana
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.001,900,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
43
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
20.00 million11.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.32 %0.17 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
21.00 million11.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
14.50 million21.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Visayan
Akan
Alternative Names
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
Twi, Fante
French Name
cebuano
akan
German Name
Cebuano
Akan-Sprache
Pronunciation
[sɛbuˈɑno]
[ˈaːkã]
Ethnicity
Cebuano people
Akan people
Origin
16th century
15
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Cebuano
Akan
Language Position
62104
1
120
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Signed Forms
Cebuano Sign Language
Akan Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
No data Available
ak
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ceb
aka
ISO 639 2/B
ceb
aka
ISO 639 3
ceb
aka
ISO 639 6
ceb
aka
Glottocode
cebu1242
akan1251
Linguasphere
No data Available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
-