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Khasi and Akan


Akan and Khasi


Countries

Countries
Meghalaya  
Ghana, Ivory coast  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Bangladesh, India  
Ghana  

Second Language
-  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa  

Minority Language
-  
Benin, United States of America  

Regulated By
-  
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  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
23  
5
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
10  
7

How Many Consonants
14  
4
16  
6

Scripts
Bengali, Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Kumno  
ete-sen  

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  

Please
Sngewbha  
wae  

Sorry
Map  
Kafra  

Bye
khublei  
bye  

I Love You
ieit ieit  
Me doכ wo  

Excuse Me
map a nga  
mepa wo kyɛw  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bhoi  
Asante  

Where They Speak
-  
Ghana  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
9,000,000.00  
39

Dialect 2
Nonglung  
Akuapem  

Where They Speak
-  
Ghana  

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00  
99+
9,000,000.00  
38

Dialect 3
Cherrapunji  
Fante  

Where They Speak
-  
Ghana  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
1,900,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.84 million  
99+
11.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.01 %  
99+
0.17 %  
99+

Native Speakers
0.84 million  
99+
11.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
1.50 million  
99+
21.00 million  
29

Native Name
Ka Ktien  
Akan  

Alternative Names
Kahasi, Kassi, Khasa, Khashi, Khasiyas, Khuchia  
Twi, Fante  

French Name
khasi  
akan  

German Name
Khasi-Sprache  
Akan-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[ˈkʰɑsi]  
[ˈaːkã]  

Ethnicity
Khasi people  
Akan people  

History

Origin
1200 AD  
15  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No Early Forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Khasi  
Akan  

Language Position
40  
37
104  
99+

Signed Forms
Khasi Sign Language  
Akan Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
ak  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kha  
aka  

ISO 639 2/B
kha  
aka  

ISO 639 3
kha  
aka  

ISO 639 6
kha  
aka  

Glottocode
khas1269  
akan1251  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

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.

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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.

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