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Hindi and Akan


Akan and Hindi


Countries

Countries
Fiji, India  
Ghana, Ivory coast  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
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, Oceania  
Africa  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Benin, United States of America  

Regulated By
Central Hindi Directorate  
Akan Orthography Committee  

Interesting Facts
  • In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
  • In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi 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
Urdu  
Ewe and Ga-Dangme Languages  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44  
24
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11  
8
10  
7

How Many Consonants
33  
23
16  
6

Scripts
Devanagari  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
नमस्ते (Namastē)  
ete-sen  

Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)  
meda ase  

How Are You?
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)  
wo ho te sɛn?  

Good Night
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)  
maadwo  

Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)  
maadwo  

Good Afternoon
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)  
maaha  

Good Morning
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)  
maakye  

Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)  
wae  

Sorry
खेद (Khēda)  
Kafra  

Bye
अलविदा (Alavidā)  
bye  

I Love You
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)  
Me doכ wo  

Excuse Me
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)  
mepa wo kyɛw  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Khariboli  
Asante  

Where They Speak
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh  
Ghana  

How Many People Speak
240,000,000.00  
3
9,000,000.00  
39

Dialect 2
Marwari  
Akuapem  

Where They Speak
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh  
Ghana  

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00  
24
9,000,000.00  
38

Dialect 3
Bundeli  
Fante  

Where They Speak
Bundelkhand  
Ghana  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
24
1,900,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
21  
19
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
380.00 million  
5
11.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
4.70 %  
5
0.17 %  
99+

Native Speakers
260.00 million  
4
11.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
120.00 million  
6
21.00 million  
29

Native Name
हिन्दी  
Akan  

Alternative Names
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli  
Twi, Fante  

French Name
hindi  
akan  

German Name
Hindi  
Akan-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]  
[ˈaːkã]  

Ethnicity
Hindustani people  
Akan people  

History

Origin
7th Century  
15  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
-  

Branch
Indic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Hindi  
Akan  

Language Position
5  
5
104  
99+

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System  
Akan Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
hi  
ak  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hin  
aka  

ISO 639 2/B
hin  
aka  

ISO 639 3
hin  
aka  

ISO 639 6
hins  
aka  

Glottocode
hind1269  
akan1251  

Linguasphere
59-AAF-qf  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
-  

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

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Hindi and Akan Speaking population

Hindi and Akan speaking population is one of the factors based on which Hindi and Akan languages can be compared. The total count of Hindi and Akan Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Hindi language is 4.70 % 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 Hindi and Akan on Hindi vs Akan where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Hindi and Akan Language Codes

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

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