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Gujarati and Akan


Akan and Gujarati


Countries

Countries
India  
Ghana, Ivory coast  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
India  
Ghana  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa  

Minority Language
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia  
Benin, United States of America  

Regulated By
-  
Akan Orthography Committee  

Interesting Facts
  • Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
  • Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
  
  • 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
Bengali Language  
Ewe and Ga-Dangme Languages  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Gujarati-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Akan-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
47  
27
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
10  
7

How Many Consonants
31  
21
16  
6

Scripts
Devanagari  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
18 weeks  
4
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
નમસ્તે (namaste)  
ete-sen  

Thank You
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)  
meda ase  

How Are You?
કેમ છો (kem cho?)  
wo ho te sɛn?  

Good Night
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)  
maadwo  

Good Evening
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)  
maadwo  

Good Afternoon
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)  
maaha  

Good Morning
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)  
maakye  

Please
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)  
wae  

Sorry
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)  
Kafra  

Bye
બાય (Bāya)  
bye  

I Love You
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)  
Me doכ wo  

Excuse Me
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)  
mepa wo kyɛw  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kathiyawadi  
Asante  

Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Ghana  

How Many People Speak
46,000,000.00  
16
9,000,000.00  
39

Dialect 2
Kharwa  
Akuapem  

Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Ghana  

How Many People Speak
56,000,000.00  
13
9,000,000.00  
38

Dialect 3
Surati  
Fante  

Where They Speak
-  
Ghana  

How Many People Speak
56,000,000.00  
13
1,900,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million  
27
11.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.74 %  
25
0.17 %  
99+

Native Speakers
50.00 million  
22
11.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
55.00 million  
16
21.00 million  
29

Native Name
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)  
Akan  

Alternative Names
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi  
Twi, Fante  

French Name
goudjrati  
akan  

German Name
Gujarati-Sprache  
Akan-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]  
[ˈaːkã]  

Ethnicity
Gujaratis  
Akan people  

History

Origin
15  
15  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
-  

Branch
Indic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Gujarati  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Gujarati  
Akan  

Language Position
23  
21
104  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Gujarati  
Akan Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
gu  
ak  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
guj  
aka  

ISO 639 2/B
guj  
aka  

ISO 639 3
guj  
aka  

ISO 639 6
guj  
aka  

Glottocode
guja1252  
akan1251  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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

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Gujarati and Akan Speaking population

Gujarati and Akan speaking population is one of the factors based on which Gujarati and Akan languages can be compared. The total count of Gujarati and Akan Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Gujarati language is 0.74 % 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 Gujarati and Akan on Gujarati vs Akan where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Gujarati and Akan Language Codes

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

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