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Akan and French


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
32  
3
2  
13

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  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
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Akan-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
26  
8
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
10  
7

How Many Consonants
20  
10
16  
6

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
17

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
6,200,000.00  
99+
9,000,000.00  
39

Dialect 2
African French  
Akuapem  

Where They Speak
Africa  
Ghana  

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

Dialect 3
Swiss French  
Fante  

Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland  
Ghana  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
25  
21
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
1.12 %  
18
0.17 %  
99+

Native Speakers
76.00 million  
13
11.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
87.00 million  
11
21.00 million  
29

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
13  
12
104  
99+

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  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
-  

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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.

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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.

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