Countries
India, Pakistan
Ghana, Ivory coast
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
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National Language
India, Pakistan
Ghana
Second Language
Pakistan
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
Benin, United States of America
Regulated By
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Akan Orthography Committee
Interesting Facts
- Punjabi is 2nd most spoken in United Kingdom and 4th most spoken in Canada.
- Punjabi is tonal language, by using various tones Punjabi speakers are able to differentiate between words.
- 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 Language
Ewe and Ga-Dangme Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5321
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
910
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
4116
9
60
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Scripts
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
43
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
ete-sen
Thank You
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
meda ase
How Are You?
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
wo ho te sɛn?
Good Night
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
maadwo
Good Evening
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
maadwo
Good Afternoon
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
maaha
Good Morning
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
maakye
Please
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
wae
Sorry
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
Kafra
Bye
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
bye
I Love You
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
Me doכ wo
Excuse Me
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
mepa wo kyɛw
Dialect 1
Pothohari
Asante
Where They Speak
Pakistan
Ghana
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.009,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Saraiki
Akuapem
Where They Speak
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
Ghana
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.009,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Doabi
Fante
Where They Speak
Pakistan, Punjab, India
Ghana
How Many People Speak
130,000,000.001,900,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
303
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
154.30 million11.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.44 %0.17 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
100.00 million11.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
54.30 million21.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
Akan
Alternative Names
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
Twi, Fante
French Name
pendjabi
akan
German Name
Pandschabi-Sprache
Akan-Sprache
Pronunciation
Not Availble
[ˈaːkã]
Ethnicity
Punjabis
Akan people
Origin
1000 AD
15
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
-
Branch
Indic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Punjabi
Akan
Language Position
23104
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Akan Sign Language
Scope
-
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
pa
ak
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
pan
aka
ISO 639 2/B
pan
aka
ISO 639 3
pan
aka
ISO 639 6
panj
aka
Glottocode
panj1256
akan1251
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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