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French vs Akan


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
2  
13
32  
3

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
Akan-Alphabets.jpg#200  
French-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
21  
3
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
6  
3

How Many Consonants
16  
6
20  
10

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
24 weeks  
6

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
9,000,000.00  
39
6,200,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Akuapem  
African French  

Where They Speak
Ghana  
Africa  

How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00  
38
274,000,000.00  
1

Dialect 3
Fante  
Swiss French  

Where They Speak
Ghana  
Northeast France, Switzerland  

How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00  
99+
1,800,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
25  
21

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
11.00 million  
99+
163.00 million  
11

Speaking Population
0.17 %  
99+
1.12 %  
18

Native Speakers
11.00 million  
99+
76.00 million  
13

Second Language Speakers
21.00 million  
29
87.00 million  
11

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
104  
99+
13  
12

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  

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Akan and French Language History

Comparison of Akan vs French language history gives us differences between origin of Akan and French language. History of Akan language states that this language originated in 15 whereas history of French language states that this language originated in 9th Century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Akan and French Language History.

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Akan and French Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Akan and French greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Akan and French language. Akan word for "Hello" is ete-sen or French word for "Thank You" is Merci. Find more of such common Akan Greetings and French Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Akan vs French Difficulty

The Akan vs French difficulty level basically depends on the number of Akan Alphabets and French Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Akan and French are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Akan and French, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Akan is 44 weeks while to learn French time required is 24 weeks.

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