Countries
South Africa
Ghana, Ivory coast
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
South Africa
Ghana
Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho
Benin, United States of America
Regulated By
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Akan Orthography Committee
Interesting Facts
- Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
- The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
- 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
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Ewe and Ga-Dangme Languages
Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
5321
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
1010
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4316
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Molo
ete-sen
Thank You
Ndiyabulela
meda ase
How Are You?
Unjani
wo ho te sɛn?
Good Night
Ulale kakuhle
maadwo
Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle
maadwo
Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle
maaha
Good Morning
Molo
maakye
Please
Ndicela
wae
Sorry
Ndicela uxolo
Kafra
Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
bye
I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda
Me doכ wo
Excuse Me
Uxolo
mepa wo kyɛw
Dialect 1
Gcaleka
Asante
Where They Speak
South Africa
Ghana
How Many People Speak
19,000,000.009,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Thembu
Akuapem
Where They Speak
South Africa
Ghana
How Many People Speak
19,000,000.009,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Hlubi
Fante
Where They Speak
South Africa
Ghana
How Many People Speak
19.001,900,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
93
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
20.00 million11.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.11 %0.17 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.20 million11.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
11.00 million21.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
isiXhosa
Akan
Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
Twi, Fante
French Name
xhosa
akan
German Name
Xhosa-Sprache
Akan-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈkǁʰɔ̀ːsa]
[ˈaːkã]
Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Akan people
Origin
16th Century
15
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
-
Branch
Bantu
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
isiXhosa
Akan
Language Position
21104
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa
Akan Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
xh
ak
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
xho
aka
ISO 639 2/B
xho
aka
ISO 639 3
xho
aka
ISO 639 6
xho
aka
Glottocode
xhos1239
akan1251
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
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