Countries
India, Karnataka, India
Ghana, Ivory coast
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Karnataka, India
Ghana
Second Language
Goa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Benin, United States of America
Regulated By
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
Akan Orthography Committee
Interesting Facts
- Kannada is the third oldest language after Sanskrit and Tamil of India
- Kannada language is only Indian language which got maximum i.e. 8 GyanaPeetha Awards.
- 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
Telugu
Ewe and Ga-Dangme Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4921
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
1410
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3516
9
60
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Scripts
Kannada Script
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
53
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
ete-sen
Thank You
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
meda ase
How Are You?
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
wo ho te sɛn?
Good Night
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
maadwo
Good Evening
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
maadwo
Good Afternoon
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
maaha
Good Morning
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
maakye
Please
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
wae
Sorry
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
Kafra
Bye
ಬೈ (Bai)
bye
I Love You
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
Me doכ wo
Excuse Me
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
mepa wo kyɛw
Dialect 1
Badaga
Asante
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
Ghana
How Many People Speak
540,000.009,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Urali
Akuapem
Where They Speak
kerala
Ghana
How Many People Speak
6,440.009,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Kurumba
Fante
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
Ghana
How Many People Speak
220,000.001,900,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
203
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
49.00 million11.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.58 %0.17 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
38.00 million11.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
11.00 million21.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
Akan
Alternative Names
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
Twi, Fante
French Name
kannada
akan
German Name
Kannada
Akan-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
[ˈaːkã]
Ethnicity
Kannadiga
Akan people
Origin
c. 450
15
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Kannada, Kannada
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Kannada
Akan
Language Position
31104
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Akan Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
kn
ak
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kan
aka
ISO 639 2/B
kan
aka
ISO 639 3
kan
aka
ISO 639 6
kan
aka
Glottocode
nucl1305
akan1251
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
-