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Yoruba
Yoruba

Akan
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Countries

Countries

Benin, Nigeria
Ghana, Ivory coast

Total No. Of Countries

22
0 46
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National Language

Nigeria
Ghana

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Africa
Africa

Minority Language

Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
Benin, United States of America

Regulated By

Yoruba Academy
Akan Orthography Committee

Interesting Facts

  • One of the largest African ethnic groups is Yoruba in south of Sahara Desert.
  • In Yoruba language, same combination of vowels and consonants have different meanings depending on the pitch of the vowels, so it is tonal language.
  • 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

Owo and Itsekiri languages
Ewe and Ga-Dangme Languages

Derived From

-
-

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2921
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

1210
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1716
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

33
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

30 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Ẹ n lẹ
ete-sen

Thank You

e dupe
meda ase

How Are You?

Bawo ni o se wa
wo ho te sɛn?

Good Night

Kasun layọ o
maadwo

Good Evening

ka a ale
maadwo

Good Afternoon

e kaasan
maaha

Good Morning

e kaaro
maakye

Please

Jowo
wae

Sorry

binu
Kafra

Bye

bye
bye

I Love You

mo nifẹ rẹ
Me doכ wo

Excuse Me

mo tọrọ gafara
mepa wo kyɛw

Dialects

Dialect 1

Itsekiri
Asante

Where They Speak

Nigeria
Ghana

How Many People Speak

500,000.009,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Ede
Akuapem

Where They Speak

Benin, Togo
Ghana

How Many People Speak

800,000.009,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Ulukwumi
Fante

Where They Speak

Nigeria
Ghana

How Many People Speak

10,000.001,900,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

203
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

30.00 million11.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.42 %0.17 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

28.00 million11.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

30.00 million21.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Yorùbá
Akan

Alternative Names

Yariba, Yooba
Twi, Fante

French Name

yoruba
akan

German Name

Yoruba-Sprache
Akan-Sprache

Pronunciation

[jòɾùbá]
[ˈaːkã]

Ethnicity

Yoruba people
Akan people

History

Origin

4 BC
15

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family
Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup

Western Sudanic
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Branch

Kwa
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

Yorùbá
Akan

Language Position

49104
1 120
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Signed Forms

Yoruba Sign Language
Akan Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Macrolanguage

Code

ISO 639 1

yo
ak

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

yor
aka

ISO 639 2/B

yor
aka

ISO 639 3

yor
aka

ISO 639 6

yor
aka

Glottocode

yoru1245
akan1251

Linguasphere

No data available
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology

Analytic, Isolating
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Yoruba and Akan Alphabets

Yoruba and Akan Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Yoruba and Akan. In Yoruba Alphabets there are 29 letters while in Akan Alphabets there are 21 letters. To learn Yoruba and Akan languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Yoruba and Akan languages. The Yoruba phonology consist Yoruba vowels and Yoruba consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Yoruba greetings vs Akan greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Yoruba and Akan are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Yoruba and Akan Speaking population

Yoruba and Akan speaking population is one of the factors based on which Yoruba and Akan languages can be compared. The total count of Yoruba and Akan Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Yoruba language is 0.42 % 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 Yoruba and Akan on Yoruba vs Akan where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Yoruba and Akan Language Codes

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