Countries
United States of America
Ghana, Ivory coast
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
United States of America
Ghana
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
North America
Africa
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Benin, United States of America
Regulated By
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Akan Orthography Committee
Interesting Facts
- Navajo language is tonal language, as it heavily relies on pitch to distinguish between similar words.
- Navajo ethinc group is 2nd largest Native American group.
- 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
Apache Language
Ewe and Ga-Dangme Languages
Derived From
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-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3621
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
1210
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
3416
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
23
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Yá'át'ééh
ete-sen
Thank You
Ahéhee'
meda ase
How Are You?
Ąąʼ haʼíí baa naniná?
wo ho te sɛn?
Good Night
Yá'át'ééh hiiłchi'į'
maadwo
Good Evening
Yá'át'ééh ałní'íní
maadwo
Good Afternoon
Yá'át'ééh
maaha
Good Morning
Yá'át'ééh abíní
maakye
Please
T'aa shoodi
wae
Sorry
Nízhdził
Kafra
Bye
Hágoónee’
bye
I Love You
Ayóó ánííníshí
Me doכ wo
Excuse Me
Shoohá
mepa wo kyɛw
Dialect 1
Navajo1
Asante
Where They Speak
Arizona
Ghana
How Many People Speak
170,000.009,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Navajo2
Akuapem
Where They Speak
New Mexico
Ghana
How Many People Speak
170,000.009,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Navajo3
Fante
Where They Speak
Utah
Ghana
How Many People Speak
120,000.001,900,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
43
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.70 million11.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.05 %0.17 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
1.70 million11.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
0.17 million21.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Diné Bizaad / Dinék'ehjí
Akan
Alternative Names
Navaho
Twi, Fante
French Name
navaho
akan
German Name
Navajo-Sprache
Akan-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈnævəhoʊ]
[ˈaːkã]
Ethnicity
Navajo people
Akan people
Origin
1500 CE
15
Language Family
Dené–Yeniseian Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Athapascan
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Navajo
Akan
Language Position
29104
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Navajo Sign Language
Akan Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
nv
ak
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
nav
aka
ISO 639 2/B
nav
aka
ISO 639 3
nav
aka
ISO 639 6
nav
aka
Glottocode
nava1243
akan1251
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Polysynthetic, Synthetic
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