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Finnish and Akan


Akan and Finnish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Finland   
Ghana, Ivory coast   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

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

Second Language
Estonia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Africa   

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

Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland   
Akan Orthography Committee   

Interesting Facts
  • Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
  • In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
  
  • 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
Estonian and Livonian Languages   
Not Available   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
21   
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
10   
7

How Many Consonants
13   
3
16   
6

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Moi   
ete-sen   

Thank You
Kiitos   
meda ase   

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

Good Night
hyvää yötä   
maadwo   

Good Evening
Hyvää iltaa   
maadwo   

Good Afternoon
Hyvää iltapäivää   
maaha   

Good Morning
Hyvää huomenta   
maakye   

Please
haluta   
wae   

Sorry
Anteeksi   
Kafra   

Bye
Heippa   
bye   

I Love You
Minä rakastan sinua   
Me doכ wo   

Excuse Me
Anteeksi   
mepa wo kyɛw   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Colloquial Finnish   
Asante   

Where They Speak
Finland   
Ghana   

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

Dialect 2
Rauma   
Akuapem   

Where They Speak
Finland, Rauma   
Ghana   

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

Dialect 3
Meänkieli   
Fante   

Where They Speak
Finland, Sweden   
Ghana   

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

Total No. Of Dialects
21   
19
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.17 %   
99+

Native Speakers
5.40 million   
99+
11.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
0.01 million   
39
Not Available   

Native Name
suomi / suomen kieli   
Akan   

Alternative Names
Suomi   
Not Available   

French Name
finnois   
akan   

German Name
Finnisch   
Akan-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[ˈsuomi]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
ethnic Finns   
Akan people   

History

Origin
1543   
15   

Language Family
Uralic Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric   
Not Available   

Branch
Finnic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Finnic language   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
standard Finnish   
Akan   

Language Position
Not Available   
104   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Finnish   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
fi   
ak   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fin   
aka   

ISO 639 2/B
fin   
aka   

ISO 639 3
fin   
aka   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
finn1318   
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, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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

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Finnish and Akan Speaking population

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

Finnish and Akan Language Codes

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

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