Khasi and Akan
Countries
Meghalaya
Ghana, Ivory coast
National Language
Bangladesh, India
Ghana
Second Language
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Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
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Benin, United States of America
Regulated By
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Akan Orthography Committee
Interesting Facts
- Khasi language contain a large number of loanwords from Bengali and Hindi Languages.
- There is significant dialectal variation in khasi language, since several dialects have only partial mutual intelligibility.
- 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
Garo and Jaintia Languages
Ewe and Ga-Dangme Languages
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Bengali, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Khublei
meda ase
How Are You?
Kumno phi long?
wo ho te sɛn?
Good Night
thia sukh
maadwo
Good Evening
babha janmiet
maadwo
Good Afternoon
babha noph-phai-sngi
maaha
Good Morning
khublei
maakye
I Love You
ieit ieit
Me doכ wo
Excuse Me
map a nga
mepa wo kyɛw
Dialect 2
Nonglung
Akuapem
Dialect 3
Cherrapunji
Fante
Native Name
Ka Ktien
Akan
Alternative Names
Kahasi, Kassi, Khasa, Khashi, Khasiyas, Khuchia
Twi, Fante
German Name
Khasi-Sprache
Akan-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈkʰɑsi]
[ˈaːkã]
Ethnicity
Khasi people
Akan people
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Niger-Congo Family
Early Forms
No Early Forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Khasi
Akan
Signed Forms
Khasi Sign Language
Akan Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
No data available
ak
Glottocode
khas1269
akan1251
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
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All Khasi 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 Khasi and Akan dialects. Various dialects of Khasi and Akan language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Khasi are spoken in different Khasi Speaking Countries whereas Akan Dialects are spoken in different Akan speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Khasi vs Akan Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Khasi dialects include: Bhoi, Nonglung. Akan dialects include: Asante , Akuapem. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Khasi and Akan Speaking population
Khasi and Akan speaking population is one of the factors based on which Khasi and Akan languages can be compared. The total count of Khasi and Akan Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Khasi language is 0.01 % 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 Khasi and Akan on Khasi vs Akan where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Khasi and Akan Language Codes
Khasi and Akan language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Khasi and Akan Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.