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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 Available   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa   

Minority Language
Not Available   
Benin, United States of America   

Regulated By
Not Available   
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
Not Available   
Not Available   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

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
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
44 weeks   
11

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
Not Available   
Ghana   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
9,000,000.00   
13

Dialect 2
Nonglung   
Akuapem   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Ghana   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
9,000,000.00   
10

Dialect 3
Cherrapunji   
Fante   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Ghana   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,900,000.00   
15

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
Not Available   
0.17 %   
99+

Native Speakers
0.84 million   
99+
11.00 million   
99+

Native Name
Not Available   
Akan   

Alternative Names
Kahasi, Kassi, Khasa, Khashi, Khasiyas, Khuchia   
Not Available   

French Name
khasi   
akan   

German Name
Khasi-Sprache   
Akan-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Khasi people   
Akan people   

History

Origin
Not Available   
15   

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No Early Forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Khasi   
Akan   

Language Position
Not Available   
104   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

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
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
khas1269   
akan1251   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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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 Not Available 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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