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Countries

Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan  
Ghana, Ivory coast  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
2  
13

National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  
Ghana  

Second Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa  

Minority Language
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates  
Benin, United States of America  

Regulated By
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan  
Akan Orthography Committee  

Interesting Facts
  • In Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
  • Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic 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
Pashto and Balochi Languages  
Ewe and Ga-Dangme Languages  

Derived From
Arabic Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32  
14
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
10  
7

How Many Consonants
23  
13
16  
6

Scripts
Arabic  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
سلام  
ete-sen  

Thank You
متشکرم  
meda ase  

How Are You?
چطور هستید?  
wo ho te sɛn?  

Good Night
شب بخیر  
maadwo  

Good Evening
عصر بخیر  
maadwo  

Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر  
maaha  

Good Morning
صبح به خیر  
maakye  

Please
لطفا  
wae  

Sorry
متاسف  
Kafra  

Bye
خدا حافظ  
bye  

I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم  
Me doכ wo  

Excuse Me
ببخشيد!  
mepa wo kyɛw  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Western Persian  
Asante  

Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq  
Ghana  

How Many People Speak
47,000,000.00  
15
9,000,000.00  
39

Dialect 2
Dari Persian  
Akuapem  

Where They Speak
Afganistan  
Ghana  

How Many People Speak
12,500,000.00  
33
9,000,000.00  
38

Dialect 3
Tajik Persian  
Fante  

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  
Ghana  

How Many People Speak
7,900,000.00  
32
1,900,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
65.00 million  
26
11.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.99 %  
21
0.17 %  
99+

Native Speakers
65.00 million  
17
11.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
110.00 million  
7
21.00 million  
29

Native Name
فارسی  
Akan  

Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian  
Twi, Fante  

French Name
persan  
akan  

German Name
Persisch  
Akan-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]  
[ˈaːkã]  

Ethnicity
Persian people  
Akan people  

History

Origin
1500 BC  
15  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
-  

Branch
Iranian  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Persian  
Akan  

Language Position
23  
21
104  
99+

Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language  
Akan Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
fa  
ak  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fas  
aka  

ISO 639 2/B
per  
aka  

ISO 639 3
pes  
aka  

ISO 639 6
pers  
aka  

Glottocode
fars1254  
akan1251  

Linguasphere
58-AAC-c  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
-  

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Persian and Akan Language History

Comparison of Persian vs Akan language history gives us differences between origin of Persian and Akan language. History of Persian language states that this language originated in 1500 BC whereas history of Akan language states that this language originated in 15. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Persian and Akan Language History.

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Persian and Akan Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Persian and Akan greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Persian and Akan language. Persian word for "Hello" is سلام or Akan word for "Thank You" is meda ase. Find more of such common Persian Greetings and Akan Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Persian vs Akan Difficulty

The Persian vs Akan difficulty level basically depends on the number of Persian Alphabets and Akan Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Persian and Akan are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Persian and Akan, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Persian is 44 weeks while to learn Akan time required is 44 weeks.

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