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Sanskrit and Akan


Akan and Sanskrit


Countries

Countries
India  
Ghana, Ivory coast  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

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
  • Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
  • Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
  
  • 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
Old German Language  
Ewe and Ga-Dangme Languages  

Derived From
Prakrit Language  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Sanskrit-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Akan-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
52  
31
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16  
13
10  
7

How Many Consonants
36  
26
16  
6

Scripts
Devanagari  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
20 weeks  
5
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)  
ete-sen  

Thank You
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)  
meda ase  

How Are You?
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)  
wo ho te sɛn?  

Good Night
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)  
maadwo  

Good Evening
शुभः सायंकालः  
maadwo  

Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार  
maaha  

Good Morning
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)  
maakye  

Please
कृपया (kripayā)  
wae  

Sorry
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)  
Kafra  

Bye
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)  
bye  

I Love You
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)  
Me doכ wo  

Excuse Me
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)  
mepa wo kyɛw  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Not present  
Asante  

Where They Speak
-  
Ghana  

How Many People Speak
140,000.00  
99+
9,000,000.00  
39

Dialect 2
Not present  
Akuapem  

Where They Speak
-  
Ghana  

How Many People Speak
140,000.00  
99+
9,000,000.00  
38

Dialect 3
Not present  
Fante  

Where They Speak
-  
Ghana  

How Many People Speak
140,000.00  
99+
1,900,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
0  
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
14.10 million  
99+
11.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.01 %  
99+
0.17 %  
99+

Native Speakers
14.10 million  
99+
11.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
-  
21.00 million  
29

Native Name
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)  
Akan  

Alternative Names
Saṃskṛtam, Sanskritam  
Twi, Fante  

French Name
sanskrit  
akan  

German Name
Sanskrit  
Akan-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[səmskr̩t̪əm]  
[ˈaːkã]  

Ethnicity
Sanskrit speakers  
Akan people  

History

Origin
2000 B.C.  
15  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
-  

Branch
Indic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Vedic Sanskrit  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Sanskrit  
Akan  

Language Position
23  
21
104  
99+

Signed Forms
-  
Akan Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
sa  
ak  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
san  
aka  

ISO 639 2/B
san  
aka  

ISO 639 3
san  
aka  

ISO 639 6
san  
aka  

Glottocode
sans1269  
akan1251  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Ancient  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
-  

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All Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit and Akan dialects. Various dialects of Sanskrit and Akan language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Sanskrit are spoken in different Sanskrit Speaking Countries whereas Akan Dialects are spoken in different Akan speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Sanskrit vs Akan Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Akan dialects include: Asante , Akuapem. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Sanskrit and Akan Speaking population

Sanskrit and Akan speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sanskrit and Akan languages can be compared. The total count of Sanskrit and Akan Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sanskrit language is 0.01 % 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 Sanskrit and Akan on Sanskrit vs Akan where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Sanskrit and Akan Language Codes

Sanskrit and Akan language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Sanskrit and Akan Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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