Nepali and Akan
Countries
India, Nepal
Ghana, Ivory coast
National Language
Nepal
Ghana
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
People's Republic of China
Benin, United States of America
Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal
Akan Orthography Committee
Interesting Facts
- Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
- Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
- 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
Hindi
Ewe and Ga-Dangme Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)
ete-sen
Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
meda ase
How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
wo ho te sɛn?
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
maadwo
Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
maadwo
Good Afternoon
Good afternoon
maaha
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
maakye
Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Kafra
I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
Me doכ wo
Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
mepa wo kyɛw
Where They Speak
Nepal
Ghana
Dialect 2
Bajhangi
Akuapem
Where They Speak
India, Nepal
Ghana
Dialect 3
Baitadeli
Fante
Where They Speak
Nepal
Ghana
Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)
Akan
Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
Twi, Fante
French Name
népalais
akan
German Name
Nepali
Akan-Sprache
Pronunciation
[neˈpali]
[ˈaːkã]
Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
Akan people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
No early forms
Standard Forms
Nepali
Akan
Signed Forms
Signed Nepali
Akan Sign Language
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Macrolanguage
Glottocode
nepa1254
akan1251
Linguasphere
12
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
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All Nepali 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 Nepali and Akan dialects. Various dialects of Nepali and Akan language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Nepali are spoken in different Nepali Speaking Countries whereas Akan Dialects are spoken in different Akan speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Nepali vs Akan Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Nepali dialects include: Doteli, Bajhangi. Akan dialects include: Asante , Akuapem. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Nepali and Akan Speaking population
Nepali and Akan speaking population is one of the factors based on which Nepali and Akan languages can be compared. The total count of Nepali and Akan Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Nepali language is 0.25 % 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 Nepali and Akan on Nepali vs Akan where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Nepali and Akan Language Codes
Nepali and Akan language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Nepali and Akan Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.