Countries
West Java
Ghana, Ivory coast
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Indonesia
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 Sundanese language is second most widely spoken regional language in Indonesia.
- 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
Madurese and Malay Languages
Ewe and Ga-Dangme Languages
Derived From
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-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3321
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
510
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1616
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Latin, Sundanese
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
40 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Halo
ete-sen
Thank You
Nuhun
meda ase
How Are You?
Kumaha kabarna?
wo ho te sɛn?
Good Night
Wilujeng kulem
maadwo
Good Evening
Wilujeng wengi
maadwo
Good Afternoon
Wilujeng siang
maaha
Good Morning
Wilujeng énjing
maakye
Please
Mangga
wae
Sorry
Hapunten
Kafra
Bye
Wilujeng angkat
bye
I Love You
Abdi bogoh ka anjeun
Me doכ wo
Excuse Me
Punten
mepa wo kyɛw
Dialect 1
Western dialect
Asante
Where They Speak
Banten
Ghana
How Many People Speak
40,000,000.009,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Northern dialect
Akuapem
Where They Speak
Bogor
Ghana
How Many People Speak
40,000,000.009,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Priangan dialect
Fante
Where They Speak
Bandung
Ghana
How Many People Speak
40,000,000.001,900,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
63
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
39.00 million11.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.57 %0.17 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
38.00 million11.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
39.00 million21.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Basa Sunda
Akan
Alternative Names
Priangan, Sunda
Twi, Fante
French Name
soundanais
akan
German Name
Sundanesisch
Akan-Sprache
Pronunciation
[sʊnˈdæniːs]
[ˈaːkã]
Ethnicity
Sundanese, Bantenese, Cirebonese, Badui
Akan people
Origin
5th century AD
15
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Indonesian
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Sundanese
Akan
Language Position
42104
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Sundanese Sign Language
Akan Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
su
ak
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sun
aka
ISO 639 2/B
sun
aka
ISO 639 3
sun
aka
ISO 639 6
sun
aka
Glottocode
sund1251
akan1251
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
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