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Estonian vs Akan


Akan vs Estonian


Countries

Countries
Estonia, European Union   
Ghana, Ivory coast   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
Estonia, Gambia   
Ghana   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Africa   

Minority Language
Denmark, Russia, Sweden   
Benin, United States of America   

Regulated By
Institute of the Estonian Language   
Akan Orthography Committee   

Interesting Facts
  • Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
  • Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
  
  • 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
Finnish   
Not Available   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27   
9
21   
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
10   
7

How Many Consonants
18   
8
16   
6

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2   
1
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Tere   
ete-sen   

Thank You
aitäh   
meda ase   

How Are You?
kuidas sul läheb   
wo ho te sɛn?   

Good Night
Head ööd   
maadwo   

Good Evening
Tere õhtust   
maadwo   

Good Afternoon
Tere päevast   
maaha   

Good Morning
Tere hommikust   
maakye   

Please
Palun   
wae   

Sorry
Vabandust   
Kafra   

Bye
Head aega   
bye   

I Love You
ma armastan sind   
Me doכ wo   

Excuse Me
Vabandage   
mepa wo kyɛw   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Keskmurre   
Asante   

Where They Speak
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia   
Ghana   

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

Dialect 2
Tartu   
Akuapem   

Where They Speak
Georgia, South Estonia   
Ghana   

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

Dialect 3
Idamurre   
Fante   

Where They Speak
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.   
Ghana   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,900,000.00   
15

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.17 %   
99+

Native Speakers
0.95 million   
99+
11.00 million   
99+

Native Name
eesti keel   
Akan   

Alternative Names
Eesti keel   
Not Available   

French Name
estonien   
akan   

German Name
Estnisch   
Akan-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Estonians   
Akan people   

History

Origin
13th century   
15   

Language Family
Uralic Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric   
Not Available   

Branch
Finnic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Estonian   
Akan   

Language Position
Not Available   
104   
99+

Signed Forms
Estonian Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
et   
ak   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
est   
aka   

ISO 639 2/B
est   
aka   

ISO 639 3
est   
aka   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
esto1258   
akan1251   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Not Available   

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Estonian and Akan Language History

Comparison of Estonian vs Akan language history gives us differences between origin of Estonian and Akan language. History of Estonian language states that this language originated in 13th century 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 Estonian and Akan Language History.

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

Estonian vs Akan Difficulty

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

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