Countries
India
Ghana, Ivory coast
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
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
- Santali language was an oral language till nineteenth century.
- Before the invention of Santali alphabets, Santali was written with the Bengali or Odia alphabets.
- 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
Munda Language
Ewe and Ga-Dangme Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3021
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
610
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2116
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Henda ho
ete-sen
Thank You
Adi Johar
meda ase
How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?
wo ho te sɛn?
Good Night
Boge Ninda
maadwo
Good Evening
Boge Ayup’
maadwo
Good Afternoon
संध्यायान
maaha
Good Morning
Boge Setak’
maakye
Please
দয়া করে
wae
Sorry
দুঃখিত
Kafra
Bye
Hariau
bye
I Love You
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ
Me doכ wo
Excuse Me
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲ
mepa wo kyɛw
Dialect 1
Mahali
Asante
Where They Speak
India
Ghana
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.009,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Not present
Akuapem
Where They Speak
-
Ghana
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.009,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Not present
Fante
Where They Speak
-
Ghana
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.001,900,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
13
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
6.30 million11.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.02 %0.17 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
6.30 million11.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
6.50 million21.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
Akan
Alternative Names
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
Twi, Fante
French Name
santal
akan
German Name
Santali
Akan-Sprache
Pronunciation
[sɑnˈtɑli]
[ˈaːkã]
Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
Akan people
Origin
20th century
15
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Santali
Akan
Language Position
41104
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Santali Sign Language
Akan Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
No data available
ak
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sat
aka
ISO 639 2/B
sat
aka
ISO 639 3
sat
aka
ISO 639 6
sat
aka
Glottocode
sant1410
akan1251
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
-