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Akan vs Turkish


Turkish vs Akan


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
11   
5

National Language
Ghana   
Turkey   

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

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia, Europe   

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

Regulated By
Akan Orthography Committee   
Turkish Language Association   

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.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Azerbaijani Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21   
3
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
8   
5

How Many Consonants
16   
6
21   
11

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
ete-sen   
Merhaba   

Thank You
meda ase   
teşekkür ederim   

How Are You?
wo ho te sɛn?   
Nasılsın?   

Good Night
maadwo   
İyi Geceler   

Good Evening
maadwo   
İyi Akşamlar   

Good Afternoon
maaha   
Tünaydın   

Good Morning
maakye   
günaydın   

Please
wae   
lütfen   

Sorry
Kafra   
üzgünüm   

Bye
bye   
Hoşçakal   

I Love You
Me doכ wo   
Seni seviyorum   

Excuse Me
mepa wo kyɛw   
Afedersiniz   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Asante   
Azerbaijani Turkish   

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

How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00   
13
26,000,000.00   
9

Dialect 2
Akuapem   
Crimean Turkish   

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

How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00   
10
480,000.00   
29

Dialect 3
Fante   
Gagauz   

Where They Speak
Ghana   
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine   

How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00   
15
140,000.00   
26

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
9   
9

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.17 %   
99+
0.95 %   
21

Native Speakers
11.00 million   
99+
60.00 million   
20

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
15.00 million   
18

Native Name
Akan   
Türkçe   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Anatolian, Türkisch   

French Name
akan   
turc   

German Name
Akan-Sprache   
Türkisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]   

Ethnicity
Akan people   
Turkish   

History

Origin
15   
c. 1350   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Turkic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Turkic   

Branch
Not Available   
Southwestern(Oghuz)   

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Akan   
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)   

Language Position
104   
99+
19   
17

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Turkish Sign Language   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ak   
tr   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
aka   
tur   

ISO 639 2/B
aka   
tur   

ISO 639 3
aka   
tur   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
akan1251   
nucl1301   

Linguasphere
No data available   
44-AAB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Synthetic   

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Akan and Turkish Language History

Comparison of Akan vs Turkish language history gives us differences between origin of Akan and Turkish language. History of Akan language states that this language originated in 15 whereas history of Turkish language states that this language originated in c. 1350. 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 Akan and Turkish Language History.

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

Akan vs Turkish Difficulty

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

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