Finnish and Akan
Countries
European Union, Finland
Ghana, Ivory coast
National Language
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden
Ghana
Second Language
Estonia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden
Benin, United States of America
Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland
Akan Orthography Committee
Interesting Facts
- Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
- In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
- 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
Estonian and Livonian Languages
Ewe and Ga-Dangme Languages
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Kiitos
meda ase
How Are You?
Mitä kuuluu?
wo ho te sɛn?
Good Night
hyvää yötä
maadwo
Good Evening
Hyvää iltaa
maadwo
Good Afternoon
Hyvää iltapäivää
maaha
Good Morning
Hyvää huomenta
maakye
I Love You
Minä rakastan sinua
Me doכ wo
Excuse Me
Anteeksi
mepa wo kyɛw
Dialect 1
Colloquial Finnish
Asante
Where They Speak
Finland
Ghana
Where They Speak
Finland, Rauma
Ghana
Dialect 3
Meänkieli
Fante
Where They Speak
Finland, Sweden
Ghana
Native Name
suomi / suomen kieli
Akan
Alternative Names
Suomi
Twi, Fante
German Name
Finnisch
Akan-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈsuomi]
[ˈaːkã]
Ethnicity
ethnic Finns
Akan people
Language Family
Uralic Family
Niger-Congo Family
Early Forms
Proto-Finnic language
No early forms
Standard Forms
standard Finnish
Akan
Signed Forms
Signed Finnish
Akan Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
Glottocode
finn1318
akan1251
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
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All Finnish 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 Finnish and Akan dialects. Various dialects of Finnish and Akan language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Finnish are spoken in different Finnish Speaking Countries whereas Akan Dialects are spoken in different Akan speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Finnish vs Akan Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Finnish dialects include: Colloquial Finnish, Rauma. Akan dialects include: Asante , Akuapem. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Finnish and Akan Speaking population
Finnish and Akan speaking population is one of the factors based on which Finnish and Akan languages can be compared. The total count of Finnish and Akan Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Finnish language is 0.13 % 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 Finnish and Akan on Finnish vs Akan where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Finnish and Akan Language Codes
Finnish and Akan language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Finnish and Akan Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.