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Countries

Countries

Ghana, Ivory coast
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu

Total No. Of Countries

232
0 46
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National Language

Ghana
France

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Africa, Canada

Speaking Continents

Africa
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America

Minority Language

Benin, United States of America
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam

Regulated By

Akan Orthography Committee
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française

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.
  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.

Similar To

Ewe and Ga-Dangme Languages
Italian Language

Derived From

-
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2126
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

106
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1620
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

36
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks24 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

ete-sen
bonjour

Thank You

meda ase
Merci

How Are You?

wo ho te sɛn?
Comment allez-vous?

Good Night

maadwo
bonne Nuit

Good Evening

maadwo
bonsoir

Good Afternoon

maaha
bon Après-Midi

Good Morning

maakye
Bonjour

Please

wae
S'il vous plaît

Sorry

Kafra
désolé

Bye

bye
au revoir

I Love You

Me doכ wo
Je t'aime

Excuse Me

mepa wo kyɛw
Excuse Moi

Dialects

Dialect 1

Asante
Quebec French

Where They Speak

Ghana
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada

How Many People Speak

9,000,000.006,200,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Akuapem
African French

Where They Speak

Ghana
Africa

How Many People Speak

9,000,000.00274,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Fante
Swiss French

Where They Speak

Ghana
Northeast France, Switzerland

How Many People Speak

1,900,000.001,800,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

325
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

11.00 million163.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.17 %1.12 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

11.00 million76.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

21.00 million87.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Akan
français

Alternative Names

Twi, Fante
Français

French Name

akan
français

German Name

Akan-Sprache
Französisch

Pronunciation

[ˈaːkã]
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]

Ethnicity

Akan people
French people

History

Origin

15
9th Century

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

-
Romance

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Old French, Middle French and French

Standard Forms

Akan
Standard French

Language Position

10413
1 120
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Signed Forms

Akan Sign Language
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)

Scope

Macrolanguage
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ak
fr

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

aka
fra

ISO 639 2/B

aka
fre

ISO 639 3

aka
fra

ISO 639 6

aka
fras

Glottocode

akan1251
stan1290

Linguasphere

No data available
51-AAA-i

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

-
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

-
Fusional, Synthetic

Akan and French Alphabets

Akan and French Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Akan and French. In Akan Alphabets there are 21 letters while in French Alphabets there are 26 letters. To learn Akan and French languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Akan and French languages. The Akan phonology consist Akan vowels and Akan consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Akan greetings vs French greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Akan and French are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Akan and French Speaking population

Akan and French speaking population is one of the factors based on which Akan and French languages can be compared. The total count of Akan and French Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Akan language is 0.17 % whereas the percentage of people speaking French language is 1.12 %. 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 French on Akan vs French where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Akan and French Language Codes

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