Countries
Israel
Ghana, Ivory coast
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Israel
Ghana
Second Language
Israel
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Poland
Benin, United States of America
Regulated By
Academy of the Hebrew Language
Akan Orthography Committee
Interesting Facts
- The original language of Bible is Hebrew.
- The men and women use different verbs in hebrew 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
Arabic and Aramaic languages
Ewe and Ga-Dangme Languages
Derived From
Aramaic Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2221
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
010
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2216
9
60
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Scripts
Hebrew
Latin
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
שלום (Shalom)
ete-sen
Thank You
תודה (Toda)
meda ase
How Are You?
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)
wo ho te sɛn?
Good Night
לילה טוב (Laila tov)
maadwo
Good Evening
ערב טוב (Erev tov)
maadwo
Good Afternoon
אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)
maaha
Good Morning
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)
maakye
Please
בבקשה (bevekshah)
wae
Sorry
סליחה! (Slicha)
Kafra
Bye
להתראות (Lehitraot)
bye
I Love You
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)
Me doכ wo
Excuse Me
בבקשה!
mepa wo kyɛw
Dialect 1
Ashkenazi Hebrew
Asante
Where They Speak
Israel
Ghana
How Many People Speak
9,200,000.009,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Samaritan Hebrew
Akuapem
Where They Speak
Israel, Palestine
Ghana
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.009,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Yemenite Hebrew
Fante
Where They Speak
Israel
Ghana
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.001,900,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
73
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
9.00 million11.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.11 %0.17 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
4.40 million11.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
5.60 million21.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)
Akan
Alternative Names
Israeli, Ivrit
Twi, Fante
French Name
hébreu
akan
German Name
Hebräisch
Akan-Sprache
Pronunciation
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]
[ˈaːkã]
Ethnicity
Hebrew-speaking people
Akan people
Origin
1000 BC
15
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Semitic
-
Branch
Canaanitic
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Language Forms
Early Forms
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Hebrew
Akan
Language Position
23104
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Hebrew
Akan Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
he
ak
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
heb
aka
ISO 639 2/B
heb
aka
ISO 639 3
heb
aka
ISO 639 6
heb
aka
Glottocode
hebr1246
akan1251
Linguasphere
12-AAB-a
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Subject-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
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