Countries
Ghana, Ivory coast
Iraq, Kurdistan
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
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National Language
Ghana
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Middle East
Minority Language
Benin, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Akan Orthography Committee
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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.
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
Similar To
Ewe and Ga-Dangme Languages
Farsi Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2133
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
108
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1629
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
34
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks4 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ete-sen
Silaw
Thank You
meda ase
Sipas
How Are You?
wo ho te sɛn?
Tu çawa yî?
Good Night
maadwo
Şev xweş
Good Evening
maadwo
Evare baş
Good Afternoon
maaha
Nee-wa-rowt bash
Good Morning
maakye
Bayanit bash
Please
wae
Bê zehmet
Sorry
Kafra
Bibûre
Bye
bye
Be xêr çî
I Love You
Me doכ wo
Ez te hez dikem
Excuse Me
mepa wo kyɛw
Bê zehmet
Dialect 1
Asante
Northern Kurdish
Where They Speak
Ghana
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.0020,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Akuapem
Central Kurdish
Where They Speak
Ghana
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.005,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Fante
Southern Kurdish
Where They Speak
Ghana
Eastern Iraq
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.003,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
33
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
11.00 million28.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.17 %0.31 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
11.00 million21.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
21.00 million20.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Akan
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
Alternative Names
Twi, Fante
Kurdî, کوردی
French Name
akan
kurde
German Name
Akan-Sprache
Kurdisch
Pronunciation
[ˈaːkã]
[kʊɾdɪʃ]
Ethnicity
Akan people
Kurds
Origin
15
16th century CE
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish
Standard Forms
Akan
Kurdish
Language Position
10414
1
120
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Signed Forms
Akan Sign Language
Kurdish Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
ak
ku
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
aka
kur
ISO 639 2/B
aka
kur
ISO 639 3
aka
kur
ISO 639 6
aka
kur
Glottocode
akan1251
kurd1259
Linguasphere
No data available
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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