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Finnish vs Akan


Akan vs 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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Finnish and Akan Language History

Comparison of Finnish vs Akan language history gives us differences between origin of Finnish and Akan language. History of Finnish language states that this language originated in 1543 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 Finnish and Akan Language History.

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

Finnish vs Akan Difficulty

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

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