Akan and Finnish
Countries
Ghana, Ivory coast
European Union, Finland
National Language
Ghana
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Estonia
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Benin, United States of America
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden
Regulated By
Akan Orthography Committee
Institute for the Languages of Finland
Interesting Facts
- 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.
- Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
- In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
Similar To
Ewe and Ga-Dangme Languages
Estonian and Livonian Languages
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
meda ase
Kiitos
How Are You?
wo ho te sɛn?
Mitä kuuluu?
Good Night
maadwo
hyvää yötä
Good Evening
maadwo
Hyvää iltaa
Good Afternoon
maaha
Hyvää iltapäivää
Good Morning
maakye
Hyvää huomenta
I Love You
Me doכ wo
Minä rakastan sinua
Excuse Me
mepa wo kyɛw
Anteeksi
Dialect 1
Asante
Colloquial Finnish
Where They Speak
Ghana
Finland
Where They Speak
Ghana
Finland, Rauma
Dialect 3
Fante
Meänkieli
Where They Speak
Ghana
Finland, Sweden
Native Name
Akan
suomi / suomen kieli
Alternative Names
Twi, Fante
Suomi
German Name
Akan-Sprache
Finnisch
Pronunciation
[ˈaːkã]
[ˈsuomi]
Ethnicity
Akan people
ethnic Finns
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Uralic Family
Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Finnic language
Standard Forms
Akan
standard Finnish
Signed Forms
Akan Sign Language
Signed Finnish
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
Glottocode
akan1251
finn1318
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Agglutinative, Synthetic
All Akan and Finnish 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 Akan and Finnish dialects. Various dialects of Akan and Finnish language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Akan are spoken in different Akan Speaking Countries whereas Finnish Dialects are spoken in different Finnish speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Akan vs Finnish Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Akan dialects include: Asante, Akuapem. Finnish dialects include: Colloquial Finnish , Rauma. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Akan and Finnish Speaking population
Akan and Finnish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Akan and Finnish languages can be compared. The total count of Akan and Finnish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Akan language is 0.17 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Finnish language is 0.13 %. 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 Akan and Finnish on Akan vs Finnish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Akan and Finnish Language Codes
Akan and Finnish language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Akan and Finnish Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.