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Countries

Countries

Ghana, Ivory coast
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan

Total No. Of Countries

23
0 46
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National Language

Ghana
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka

Speaking Continents

Africa
Asia

Minority Language

Benin, United States of America
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates

Regulated By

Akan Orthography Committee
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan

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.
  • In Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
  • Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.

Similar To

Ewe and Ga-Dangme Languages
Pashto and Balochi Languages

Derived From

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Arabic Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2132
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

106
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1623
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Arabic

Writing Direction

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

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

36
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

ete-sen
سلام

Thank You

meda ase
متشکرم

How Are You?

wo ho te sɛn?
چطور هستید?

Good Night

maadwo
شب بخیر

Good Evening

maadwo
عصر بخیر

Good Afternoon

maaha
بعد از ظهر بخیر

Good Morning

maakye
صبح به خیر

Please

wae
لطفا

Sorry

Kafra
متاسف

Bye

bye
خدا حافظ

I Love You

Me doכ wo
من شما را دوست دارم

Excuse Me

mepa wo kyɛw
ببخشيد!

Dialects

Dialect 1

Asante
Western Persian

Where They Speak

Ghana
Iran, Iraq

How Many People Speak

9,000,000.0047,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Akuapem
Dari Persian

Where They Speak

Ghana
Afganistan

How Many People Speak

9,000,000.0012,500,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Fante
Tajik Persian

Where They Speak

Ghana
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan

How Many People Speak

1,900,000.007,900,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

312
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

11.00 million65.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.17 %0.99 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

11.00 million65.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

21.00 million110.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Akan
فارسی

Alternative Names

Twi, Fante
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian

French Name

akan
persan

German Name

Akan-Sprache
Persisch

Pronunciation

[ˈaːkã]
[fɒːɾˈsiː]

Ethnicity

Akan people
Persian people

History

Origin

15
1500 BC

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

-
Indo-Iranian

Branch

-
Iranian

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian

Standard Forms

Akan
Persian

Language Position

10423
1 120
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Signed Forms

Akan Sign Language
Persian Sign Language

Scope

Macrolanguage
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ak
fa

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

aka
fas

ISO 639 2/B

aka
per

ISO 639 3

aka
pes

ISO 639 6

aka
pers

Glottocode

akan1251
fars1254

Linguasphere

No data available
58-AAC-c

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

-
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

-
Synthetic

Akan and Persian Alphabets

Akan and Persian Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Akan and Persian. In Akan Alphabets there are 21 letters while in Persian Alphabets there are 32 letters. To learn Akan and Persian languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Akan and Persian 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 Persian greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Akan and Persian are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Akan and Persian Speaking population

Akan and Persian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Akan and Persian languages can be compared. The total count of Akan and Persian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Akan language is 0.17 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Persian language is 0.99 %. 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 Persian on Akan vs Persian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Akan and Persian Language Codes

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