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Countries

Countries

Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Ghana, Ivory coast

Total No. Of Countries

332
0 46
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National Language

Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
Ghana

Second Language

India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Africa

Minority Language

South Africa
Benin, United States of America

Regulated By

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Akan Orthography Committee

Interesting Facts

  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  • 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

Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and German Languages
Ewe and Ga-Dangme Languages

Derived From

Latin
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2621
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

510
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2116
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

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

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

73
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

6 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Hello
ete-sen

Thank You

Thank you
meda ase

How Are You?

How are you?
wo ho te sɛn?

Good Night

Good Night
maadwo

Good Evening

Good Evening
maadwo

Good Afternoon

Good Afternoon
maaha

Good Morning

Good Morning
maakye

Please

Please
wae

Sorry

Sorry
Kafra

Bye

Bye
bye

I Love You

I love you
Me doכ wo

Excuse Me

Excuse Me
mepa wo kyɛw

Dialects

Dialect 1

American English
Asante

Where They Speak

United States of America
Ghana

How Many People Speak

225,000,000.009,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Hiberno-English
Akuapem

Where They Speak

Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
Ghana

How Many People Speak

4,500,000.009,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Welsh English
Fante

Where They Speak

United Kingdom
Ghana

How Many People Speak

2,500,000.001,900,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

1883
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

1,200.00 million11.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

5.43 %0.17 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

400.00 million11.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

400.00 million21.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

English
Akan

Alternative Names

English
Twi, Fante

French Name

anglais
akan

German Name

Englisch
Akan-Sprache

Pronunciation

/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
[ˈaːkã]

Ethnicity

English people
Akan people

History

Origin

5th Century AD
15

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup

-
-

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
No early forms

Standard Forms

Standard English
Akan

Language Position

3104
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed English
Akan Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Macrolanguage

Code

ISO 639 1

en
ak

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

eng
aka

ISO 639 2/B

eng
aka

ISO 639 3

eng
aka

ISO 639 6

engs
aka

Glottocode

stan1293
akan1251

Linguasphere

52-ABA
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology

Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
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English and Akan Alphabets

English and Akan Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in English and Akan. In English Alphabets there are 26 letters while in Akan Alphabets there are 21 letters. To learn English and Akan languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of English and Akan languages. The English phonology consist English vowels and English consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at English greetings vs Akan greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether English and Akan are Most Spoken Languages.

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

English and Akan Speaking population

English and Akan speaking population is one of the factors based on which English and Akan languages can be compared. The total count of English and Akan Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 % 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 English and Akan on English vs Akan where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

English and Akan Language Codes

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