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Akan and Finnish


Finnish and Akan


Countries

Countries
Ghana, Ivory coast   
European Union, Finland   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
Ghana   
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Estonia   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Benin, United States of America   
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden   

Regulated By
Akan Orthography Committee   
Institute for the Languages of Finland   

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
  • In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Estonian and Livonian Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21   
3
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
8   
5

How Many Consonants
16   
6
13   
3

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
ete-sen   
Moi   

Thank You
meda ase   
Kiitos   

How Are You?
wo ho te sɛn?   
Mitä kuuluu?   

Good Night
maadwo   
hyvää yötä   

Good Evening
maadwo   
Hyvää iltaa   

Good Afternoon
maaha   
Hyvää iltapäivää   

Good Morning
maakye   
Hyvää huomenta   

Please
wae   
haluta   

Sorry
Kafra   
Anteeksi   

Bye
bye   
Heippa   

I Love You
Me doכ wo   
Minä rakastan sinua   

Excuse Me
mepa wo kyɛw   
Anteeksi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Asante   
Colloquial Finnish   

Where They Speak
Ghana   
Finland   

How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00   
13
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Akuapem   
Rauma   

Where They Speak
Ghana   
Finland, Rauma   

How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00   
10
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Fante   
Meänkieli   

Where They Speak
Ghana   
Finland, Sweden   

How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00   
15
60,000.00   
31

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
21   
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
11.00 million   
99+
5.40 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.17 %   
99+
Not Available   

Native Speakers
11.00 million   
99+
5.40 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
0.01 million   
39

Native Name
Akan   
suomi / suomen kieli   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Suomi   

French Name
akan   
finnois   

German Name
Akan-Sprache   
Finnisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ˈsuomi]   

Ethnicity
Akan people   
ethnic Finns   

History

Origin
15   
1543   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Uralic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Finno-Ugric   

Branch
Not Available   
Finnic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Proto-Finnic language   

Standard Forms
Akan   
standard Finnish   

Language Position
104   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Finnish   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ak   
fi   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
aka   
fin   

ISO 639 2/B
aka   
fin   

ISO 639 3
aka   
fin   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
akan1251   
finn1318   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Agglutinative, Synthetic   

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

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Akan and Finnish Speaking population

Akan and Finnish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Akan and Finnish languages can be compared. The total count of Akan and Finnish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Akan language is 0.17 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Finnish language is Not Available. 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 Akan and Finnish on Akan vs Finnish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Akan and Finnish Language Codes

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

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