Countries
India
Ghana, Ivory coast
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
India
Ghana
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Benin, United States of America
Regulated By
-
Akan Orthography Committee
Interesting Facts
- The earliest literature in Oriya was traced in 7th to 9th centuries.
- Since Odia is having a long literary history and has not borrowed largely from other languages, it is the 6th classical language in India.
- 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
Bengali and Assamese
Ewe and Ga-Dangme Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4221
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
1110
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
3116
9
60
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Scripts
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)
ete-sen
Thank You
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)
meda ase
How Are You?
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
wo ho te sɛn?
Good Night
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
maadwo
Good Evening
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
maadwo
Good Afternoon
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
maaha
Good Morning
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
maakye
Please
ଦୟାକରି
wae
Sorry
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
Kafra
Bye
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
bye
I Love You
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
Me doכ wo
Excuse Me
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
mepa wo kyɛw
Dialect 1
Baleswari
Asante
Where They Speak
India
Ghana
How Many People Speak
33,800,000.009,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Ganjami
Akuapem
Where They Speak
India
Ghana
How Many People Speak
33,800,000.009,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Kosli
Fante
Where They Speak
India
Ghana
How Many People Speak
520,000.001,900,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
83
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
33.00 million11.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.50 %0.17 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
33.00 million11.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
35.00 million21.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
Akan
Alternative Names
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
Twi, Fante
French Name
oriya
akan
German Name
Oriya-Sprache
Akan-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈoɽia]
[ˈaːkã]
Ethnicity
Odias
Akan people
Origin
3 BC
15
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
-
Branch
Indic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Odia
Akan
Language Position
32104
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System
Akan Sign Language
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
or
ak
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ori
aka
ISO 639 2/B
ori
aka
ISO 639 3
ori
aka
ISO 639 6
ori
aka
Glottocode
macr1269
akan1251
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
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