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Akan and Kurdish


Kurdish and Akan


Countries

Countries
Ghana, Ivory coast  
Iraq, Kurdistan  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

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  
-  

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
-  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Akan-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Kurdish-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
21  
3
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
8  
5

How Many Consonants
16  
6
29  
19

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
4 weeks  
2

Greetings

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  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Asante  
Northern Kurdish  

Where They Speak
Ghana  
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey  

How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00  
39
20,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 2
Akuapem  
Central Kurdish  

Where They Speak
Ghana  
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran  

How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00  
38
5,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Fante  
Southern Kurdish  

Where They Speak
Ghana  
Eastern Iraq  

How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00  
99+
3,000,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
11.00 million  
99+
28.00 million  
38

Speaking Population
0.17 %  
99+
0.31 %  
99+

Native Speakers
11.00 million  
99+
21.00 million  
36

Second Language Speakers
21.00 million  
29
20.00 million  
30

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  

History

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
104  
99+
14  
13

Signed Forms
Akan Sign Language  
Kurdish Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Macrolanguage  

Code

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  
58-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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

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Akan and Kurdish Speaking population

Akan and Kurdish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Akan and Kurdish languages can be compared. The total count of Akan and Kurdish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Akan language is 0.17 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Kurdish language is 0.31 %. 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 Kurdish on Akan vs Kurdish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Akan and Kurdish Language Codes

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

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