Countries
Zimbabwe
Ghana, Ivory coast
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Ghana
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Benin, United States of America
Regulated By
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Akan Orthography Committee
Interesting Facts
- Shona language is tonal language.
- The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
- 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
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Ewe and Ga-Dangme Languages
Derived From
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-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3721
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
510
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
4616
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
43
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Mhoro
ete-sen
Thank You
Waita zvako
meda ase
How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
wo ho te sɛn?
Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
maadwo
Good Evening
Manheru
maadwo
Good Afternoon
Masikati
maaha
Good Morning
Mangwanani
maakye
Please
Ndinokumbirawo
wae
Sorry
Ndineurombo
Kafra
Bye
bye
bye
I Love You
Ndinokuda
Me doכ wo
Excuse Me
Pamusoro
mepa wo kyɛw
Dialect 1
Hwesa
Asante
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
Ghana
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.009,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Karanga
Akuapem
Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
Ghana
How Many People Speak
1,100,000.009,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Zezuru
Fante
Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Ghana
How Many People Speak
16.001,900,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
43
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million11.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.13 %0.17 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.30 million11.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
16.00 million21.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
chiShona
Akan
Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
Twi, Fante
French Name
shona
akan
German Name
Schona-Sprache
Akan-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ʃoːna]
[ˈaːkã]
Ethnicity
Shona people
Akan people
Origin
20th century
15
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
-
Branch
Bantu
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Shona and Middle Shona
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Shona
Akan
Language Position
107104
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Shona
Akan Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
sn
ak
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sna
aka
ISO 639 2/B
sna
aka
ISO 639 3
sna
aka
ISO 639 6
sna
aka
Glottocode
core1255
akan1251
Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
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