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Estonian and Akan


Akan and Estonian


Countries

Countries
Estonia, European Union  
Ghana, Ivory coast  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Estonia, Gambia  
Ghana  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Africa  

Minority Language
Denmark, Russia, Sweden  
Benin, United States of America  

Regulated By
Institute of the Estonian Language  
Akan Orthography Committee  

Interesting Facts
  • Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
  • Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Finnish  
Ewe and Ga-Dangme Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
10  
7

How Many Consonants
18  
8
16  
6

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Tere  
ete-sen  

Thank You
aitäh  
meda ase  

How Are You?
kuidas sul läheb  
wo ho te sɛn?  

Good Night
Head ööd  
maadwo  

Good Evening
Tere õhtust  
maadwo  

Good Afternoon
Tere päevast  
maaha  

Good Morning
Tere hommikust  
maakye  

Please
Palun  
wae  

Sorry
Vabandust  
Kafra  

Bye
Head aega  
bye  

I Love You
ma armastan sind  
Me doכ wo  

Excuse Me
Vabandage  
mepa wo kyɛw  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Keskmurre  
Asante  

Where They Speak
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia  
Ghana  

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00  
99+
9,000,000.00  
39

Dialect 2
Tartu  
Akuapem  

Where They Speak
Georgia, South Estonia  
Ghana  

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00  
99+
9,000,000.00  
38

Dialect 3
Idamurre  
Fante  

Where They Speak
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.  
Ghana  

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00  
99+
1,900,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.10 million  
99+
11.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.03 %  
99+
0.17 %  
99+

Native Speakers
0.95 million  
99+
11.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
1.10 million  
99+
21.00 million  
29

Native Name
eesti keel  
Akan  

Alternative Names
Eesti keel  
Twi, Fante  

French Name
estonien  
akan  

German Name
Estnisch  
Akan-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[eˈstˑoˑniˑa]  
[ˈaːkã]  

Ethnicity
Estonians  
Akan people  

History

Origin
13th century  
15  

Language Family
Uralic Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric  
-  

Branch
Finnic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Estonian  
Akan  

Language Position
22  
20
104  
99+

Signed Forms
Estonian Sign Language  
Akan Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
et  
ak  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
est  
aka  

ISO 639 2/B
est  
aka  

ISO 639 3
est  
aka  

ISO 639 6
est  
aka  

Glottocode
esto1258  
akan1251  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
-  

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

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Estonian and Akan Speaking population

Estonian and Akan speaking population is one of the factors based on which Estonian and Akan languages can be compared. The total count of Estonian and Akan Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Estonian language is 0.03 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Akan language is 0.17 %. 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 Estonian and Akan on Estonian vs Akan where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Estonian and Akan Language Codes

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

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