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Akan vs Turkish


Turkish vs Akan


Countries

Countries
Ghana, Ivory coast  
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
11  
5

National Language
Ghana  
Turkey  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Benin, United States of America  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania  

Regulated By
Akan Orthography Committee  
Turkish Language Association  

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.
  
  • Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
  • Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
  

Similar To
Ewe and Ga-Dangme Languages  
Azerbaijani Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21  
3
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
8  
5

How Many Consonants
16  
6
21  
11

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
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
ete-sen  
Merhaba  

Thank You
meda ase  
teşekkür ederim  

How Are You?
wo ho te sɛn?  
Nasılsın?  

Good Night
maadwo  
İyi Geceler  

Good Evening
maadwo  
İyi Akşamlar  

Good Afternoon
maaha  
Tünaydın  

Good Morning
maakye  
günaydın  

Please
wae  
lütfen  

Sorry
Kafra  
üzgünüm  

Bye
bye  
Hoşçakal  

I Love You
Me doכ wo  
Seni seviyorum  

Excuse Me
mepa wo kyɛw  
Afedersiniz  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Asante  
Azerbaijani Turkish  

Where They Speak
Ghana  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00  
39
26,000,000.00  
25

Dialect 2
Akuapem  
Crimean Turkish  

Where They Speak
Ghana  
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  

How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00  
38
480,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Fante  
Gagauz  

Where They Speak
Ghana  
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine  

How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00  
99+
140,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
9  
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
11.00 million  
99+
75.00 million  
23

Speaking Population
0.17 %  
99+
0.95 %  
22

Native Speakers
11.00 million  
99+
60.00 million  
20

Second Language Speakers
21.00 million  
29
15.00 million  
34

Native Name
Akan  
Türkçe  

Alternative Names
Twi, Fante  
Anatolian, Türkisch  

French Name
akan  
turc  

German Name
Akan-Sprache  
Türkisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈaːkã]  
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]  

Ethnicity
Akan people  
Turkish  

History

Origin
15  
c. 1350  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Turkic Family  

Subgroup
-  
Turkic  

Branch
-  
Southwestern(Oghuz)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish  

Standard Forms
Akan  
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)  

Language Position
104  
99+
19  
17

Signed Forms
Akan Sign Language  
Turkish Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ak  
tr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
aka  
tur  

ISO 639 2/B
aka  
tur  

ISO 639 3
aka  
tur  

ISO 639 6
aka  
tur  

Glottocode
akan1251  
nucl1301  

Linguasphere
No data available  
44-AAB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Synthetic  

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Akan and Turkish Language History

Comparison of Akan vs Turkish language history gives us differences between origin of Akan and Turkish language. History of Akan language states that this language originated in 15 whereas history of Turkish language states that this language originated in c. 1350. 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 Turkish Language History.

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Akan and Turkish 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 Turkish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Akan and Turkish language. Akan word for "Hello" is ete-sen or Turkish word for "Thank You" is teşekkür ederim. Find more of such common Akan Greetings and Turkish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Akan vs Turkish Difficulty

The Akan vs Turkish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Akan Alphabets and Turkish 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 Turkish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Akan and Turkish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Akan is 44 weeks while to learn Turkish time required is 44 weeks.

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