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Countries

Countries

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
Ghana, Ivory coast

Total No. Of Countries

322
0 46
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National Language

France
Ghana

Second Language

Africa, Canada
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
Africa

Minority Language

Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
Benin, United States of America

Regulated By

Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
Akan Orthography Committee

Interesting Facts

  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  • 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

Italian Language
Ewe and Ga-Dangme Languages

Derived From

Latin
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2621
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

610
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2016
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

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

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

63
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

24 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

bonjour
ete-sen

Thank You

Merci
meda ase

How Are You?

Comment allez-vous?
wo ho te sɛn?

Good Night

bonne Nuit
maadwo

Good Evening

bonsoir
maadwo

Good Afternoon

bon Après-Midi
maaha

Good Morning

Bonjour
maakye

Please

S'il vous plaît
wae

Sorry

désolé
Kafra

Bye

au revoir
bye

I Love You

Je t'aime
Me doכ wo

Excuse Me

Excuse Moi
mepa wo kyɛw

Dialects

Dialect 1

Quebec French
Asante

Where They Speak

New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
Ghana

How Many People Speak

6,200,000.009,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

African French
Akuapem

Where They Speak

Africa
Ghana

How Many People Speak

274,000,000.009,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Swiss French
Fante

Where They Speak

Northeast France, Switzerland
Ghana

How Many People Speak

1,800,000.001,900,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

253
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

163.00 million11.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

1.12 %0.17 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

76.00 million11.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

87.00 million21.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

français
Akan

Alternative Names

Français
Twi, Fante

French Name

français
akan

German Name

Französisch
Akan-Sprache

Pronunciation

[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
[ˈaːkã]

Ethnicity

French people
Akan people

History

Origin

9th Century
15

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup

Romance
-

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old French, Middle French and French
No early forms

Standard Forms

Standard French
Akan

Language Position

13104
1 120
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Signed Forms

le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
Akan Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Macrolanguage

Code

ISO 639 1

fr
ak

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

fra
aka

ISO 639 2/B

fre
aka

ISO 639 3

fra
aka

ISO 639 6

fras
aka

Glottocode

stan1290
akan1251

Linguasphere

51-AAA-i
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology

Fusional, Synthetic
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French and Akan Alphabets

French and Akan Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in French and Akan. In French Alphabets there are 26 letters while in Akan Alphabets there are 21 letters. To learn French and Akan languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of French and Akan languages. The French phonology consist French vowels and French consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at French greetings vs Akan greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether French and Akan are Most Spoken Languages.

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

French and Akan Speaking population

French and Akan speaking population is one of the factors based on which French and Akan languages can be compared. The total count of French and Akan Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking French language is 1.12 % 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 French and Akan on French vs Akan where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

French and Akan Language Codes

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