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Akan and Kurdish


Kurdish and Akan


Countries

Countries
Ghana, Ivory coast   
Iraq, Kurdistan   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

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

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

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Middle East   

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

Regulated By
Akan Orthography Committee   
Not Available   

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.
  
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Farsi Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21   
3
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
8   
5

How Many Consonants
16   
6
29   
19

Scripts
Latin   
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
4 weeks   
2

Greetings

Hello
ete-sen   
Silaw   

Thank You
meda ase   
Sipas   

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

Good Night
maadwo   
Şev xweş   

Good Evening
maadwo   
Evare baş   

Good Afternoon
maaha   
Nee-wa-rowt bash   

Good Morning
maakye   
Bayanit bash   

Please
wae   
Bê zehmet   

Sorry
Kafra   
Bibûre   

Bye
bye   
Be xêr çî   

I Love You
Me doכ wo   
Ez te hez dikem   

Excuse Me
mepa wo kyɛw   
Bê zehmet   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Asante   
Northern Kurdish   

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

How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00   
13
20,000,000.00   
10

Dialect 2
Akuapem   
Central Kurdish   

Where They Speak
Ghana   
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran   

How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00   
10
5,000,000.00   
14

Dialect 3
Fante   
Southern Kurdish   

Where They Speak
Ghana   
Eastern Iraq   

How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00   
15
3,000,000.00   
12

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.17 %   
99+
0.31 %   
39

Native Speakers
11.00 million   
99+
21.00 million   
36

Native Name
Akan   
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Not Available   

French Name
akan   
kurde   

German Name
Akan-Sprache   
Kurdisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Akan people   
Kurds   

History

Origin
15   
16th century CE   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Not Available   

Standard Forms
Akan   
Kurdish   

Language Position
104   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
ak   
ku   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
aka   
kur   

ISO 639 2/B
aka   
kur   

ISO 639 3
aka   
kur   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
akan1251   
kurd1259   

Linguasphere
No data available   
58-AAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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

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Akan and Kurdish Speaking population

Akan and Kurdish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Akan and Kurdish languages can be compared. The total count of Akan and Kurdish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Akan language is 0.17 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Kurdish language is 0.31 %. 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 Kurdish on Akan vs Kurdish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Akan and Kurdish Language Codes

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

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