Countries
Indonesia
Ghana, Ivory coast
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Indonesia
Ghana
Second Language
East Timor, Indonesia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands
Benin, United States of America
Regulated By
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa
Akan Orthography Committee
Interesting Facts
- The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
- In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
- 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
Malay language
Ewe and Ga-Dangme Languages
Derived From
Malay and Dutch Languages
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2621
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
610
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1916
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
73
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Halo
ete-sen
Thank You
Terima kasih
meda ase
How Are You?
Apa kabar?
wo ho te sɛn?
Good Night
Selamat Malam
maadwo
Good Evening
Malam yang baik
maadwo
Good Afternoon
Selamat Sore
maaha
Good Morning
Selamat Pagi
maakye
Please
mohon Untuk
wae
Sorry
maaf
Kafra
Bye
Selamat tinggal
bye
I Love You
Aku cinta kamu
Me doכ wo
Excuse Me
Permisi
mepa wo kyɛw
Dialect 1
Sundanese
Asante
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Ghana
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.009,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Balinese
Akuapem
Where They Speak
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida
Ghana
How Many People Speak
3,300,000.009,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Minangkabau
Fante
Where They Speak
Indonesia, Malaysia
Ghana
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.001,900,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
463
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
163.00 million11.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.16 %0.17 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
23.00 million11.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
140.00 million21.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Bahasa Melayu
Akan
Alternative Names
Bahasa Indonesia
Twi, Fante
French Name
indonésien
akan
German Name
Bahasa Indonesia
Akan-Sprache
Pronunciation
[bahaˈsa indoneˈsia]
[ˈaːkã]
Ethnicity
Indonesians
Akan people
Origin
7th Century
15
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Indonesian
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Malay
No early forms
Standard Forms
Indonesian
Akan
Language Position
56104
1
120
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Signed Forms
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")
Akan Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
id
ak
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ind
aka
ISO 639 2/B
ind
aka
ISO 639 3
ind
aka
ISO 639 6
ind
aka
Glottocode
indo1316
akan1251
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
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