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Turkish vs Akan


Akan vs Turkish


Countries

Countries
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey  
Ghana, Ivory coast  

Total No. Of Countries
11  
5
2  
13

National Language
Turkey  
Ghana  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Africa  

Minority Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania  
Benin, United States of America  

Regulated By
Turkish Language Association  
Akan Orthography Committee  

Interesting Facts
  • Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
  • Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
  
  • 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
Azerbaijani Language  
Ewe and Ga-Dangme Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
10  
7

How Many Consonants
21  
11
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
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Merhaba  
ete-sen  

Thank You
teşekkür ederim  
meda ase  

How Are You?
Nasılsın?  
wo ho te sɛn?  

Good Night
İyi Geceler  
maadwo  

Good Evening
İyi Akşamlar  
maadwo  

Good Afternoon
Tünaydın  
maaha  

Good Morning
günaydın  
maakye  

Please
lütfen  
wae  

Sorry
üzgünüm  
Kafra  

Bye
Hoşçakal  
bye  

I Love You
Seni seviyorum  
Me doכ wo  

Excuse Me
Afedersiniz  
mepa wo kyɛw  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Azerbaijani Turkish  
Asante  

Where They Speak
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey  
Ghana  

How Many People Speak
26,000,000.00  
25
9,000,000.00  
39

Dialect 2
Crimean Turkish  
Akuapem  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  
Ghana  

How Many People Speak
480,000.00  
99+
9,000,000.00  
38

Dialect 3
Gagauz  
Fante  

Where They Speak
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine  
Ghana  

How Many People Speak
140,000.00  
99+
1,900,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
9  
9
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
75.00 million  
23
11.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.95 %  
22
0.17 %  
99+

Native Speakers
60.00 million  
20
11.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million  
34
21.00 million  
29

Native Name
Türkçe  
Akan  

Alternative Names
Anatolian, Türkisch  
Twi, Fante  

French Name
turc  
akan  

German Name
Türkisch  
Akan-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]  
[ˈaːkã]  

Ethnicity
Turkish  
Akan people  

History

Origin
c. 1350  
15  

Language Family
Turkic Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Turkic  
-  

Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)  
Akan  

Language Position
19  
17
104  
99+

Signed Forms
Turkish Sign Language  
Akan Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
tr  
ak  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tur  
aka  

ISO 639 2/B
tur  
aka  

ISO 639 3
tur  
aka  

ISO 639 6
tur  
aka  

Glottocode
nucl1301  
akan1251  

Linguasphere
44-AAB-a  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
-  

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Turkish and Akan Language History

Comparison of Turkish vs Akan language history gives us differences between origin of Turkish and Akan language. History of Turkish language states that this language originated in c. 1350 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 Turkish and Akan Language History.

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Turkish 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 Turkish and Akan greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Turkish and Akan language. Turkish word for "Hello" is Merhaba or Akan word for "Thank You" is meda ase. Find more of such common Turkish Greetings and Akan Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Turkish vs Akan Difficulty

The Turkish vs Akan difficulty level basically depends on the number of Turkish 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 Turkish and Akan are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Turkish and Akan, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Turkish is 44 weeks while to learn Akan time required is 44 weeks.

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