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Kurdish and Akan


Akan and Kurdish


Countries

Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan  
Ghana, Ivory coast  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey  
Ghana  

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

Speaking Continents
Middle East  
Africa  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Benin, United States of America  

Regulated By
-  
Akan Orthography Committee  

Interesting Facts
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  
  • 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
Farsi Language  
Ewe and Ga-Dangme Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
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Akan-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
33  
15
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
10  
7

How Many Consonants
29  
19
16  
6

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks  
2
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Silaw  
ete-sen  

Thank You
Sipas  
meda ase  

How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?  
wo ho te sɛn?  

Good Night
Şev xweş  
maadwo  

Good Evening
Evare baş  
maadwo  

Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash  
maaha  

Good Morning
Bayanit bash  
maakye  

Please
Bê zehmet  
wae  

Sorry
Bibûre  
Kafra  

Bye
Be xêr çî  
bye  

I Love You
Ez te hez dikem  
Me doכ wo  

Excuse Me
Bê zehmet  
mepa wo kyɛw  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish  
Asante  

Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey  
Ghana  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
29
9,000,000.00  
39

Dialect 2
Central Kurdish  
Akuapem  

Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran  
Ghana  

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
99+
9,000,000.00  
38

Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish  
Fante  

Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq  
Ghana  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
1,900,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million  
38
11.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.31 %  
99+
0.17 %  
99+

Native Speakers
21.00 million  
36
11.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
20.00 million  
30
21.00 million  
29

Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди  
Akan  

Alternative Names
Kurdî, کوردی‎  
Twi, Fante  

French Name
kurde  
akan  

German Name
Kurdisch  
Akan-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[kʊɾdɪʃ]  
[ˈaːkã]  

Ethnicity
Kurds  
Akan people  

History

Origin
16th century CE  
15  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Kurdish  
Akan  

Language Position
14  
13
104  
99+

Signed Forms
Kurdish Sign Language  
Akan Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
ku  
ak  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kur  
aka  

ISO 639 2/B
kur  
aka  

ISO 639 3
kur  
aka  

ISO 639 6
kur  
aka  

Glottocode
kurd1259  
akan1251  

Linguasphere
58-AAA-a  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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

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Kurdish and Akan Speaking population

Kurdish and Akan speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kurdish and Akan languages can be compared. The total count of Kurdish and Akan Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kurdish language is 0.31 % 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 Kurdish and Akan on Kurdish vs Akan where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kurdish and Akan Language Codes

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

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