Countries
Ghana, Ivory coast
  
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
  
National Language
Ghana
  
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Benin, United States of America
  
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
  
Regulated By
Akan Orthography Committee
  
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
  
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.
  
- 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.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Pashto and Balochi Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Arabic Language
  
Alphabets in
Akan-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Persian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ete-sen
  
سلام
  
Thank You
meda ase
  
متشکرم
  
How Are You?
wo ho te sɛn?
  
چطور هستید?
  
Good Night
maadwo
  
شب بخیر
  
Good Evening
maadwo
  
عصر بخیر
  
Good Afternoon
maaha
  
بعد از ظهر بخیر
  
Good Morning
maakye
  
صبح به خیر
  
Please
wae
  
لطفا
  
Sorry
Kafra
  
متاسف
  
Bye
bye
  
خدا حافظ
  
I Love You
Me doכ wo
  
من شما را دوست دارم
  
Excuse Me
mepa wo kyɛw
  
ببخشيد!
  
Dialect 1
Asante
  
Western Persian
  
Where They Speak
Ghana
  
Iran, Iraq
  
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00
  
13
47,000,000.00
  
7
Dialect 2
Akuapem
  
Dari Persian
  
Where They Speak
Ghana
  
Afganistan
  
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00
  
10
12,500,000.00
  
7
Dialect 3
Fante
  
Tajik Persian
  
Where They Speak
Ghana
  
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00
  
15
7,900,000.00
  
6
How Many People Speak?
11.00 million
  
99+
65.00 million
  
26
Native Speakers
11.00 million
  
99+
65.00 million
  
17
Native Name
Akan
  
فارسی
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
  
French Name
akan
  
persan
  
German Name
Akan-Sprache
  
Persisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
  
Ethnicity
Akan people
  
Persian people
  
Origin
15
  
1500 BC
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Iranian
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Persian and Middle Persian
  
Standard Forms
Akan
  
Persian
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Persian Sign Language
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ak
  
fa
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
aka
  
fas
  
ISO 639 2/B
aka
  
per
  
ISO 639 3
aka
  
pes
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
akan1251
  
fars1254
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
58-AAC-c
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic
  
Akan and Persian 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 Akan and Persian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Akan and Persian language. Akan word for "Hello" is ete-sen or Persian word for "Thank You" is متشکرم. Find more of such common Akan Greetings and Persian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Akan vs Persian Difficulty
The Akan vs Persian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Akan Alphabets and Persian 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 Akan and Persian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Akan and Persian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Akan is 44 weeks while to learn Persian time required is 44 weeks.