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Akan vs French


Countries

Countries
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu   
Ghana, Ivory coast   

Total No. Of Countries
32   
3
2   
13

National Language
France   
Ghana   

Second Language
Africa, Canada   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America   
Africa   

Minority Language
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam   
Benin, United States of America   

Regulated By
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française   
Akan Orthography Committee   

Interesting Facts
  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  
  • 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
Italian Language   
Not Available   

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
21   
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
10   
7

How Many Consonants
20   
10
16   
6

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
bonjour   
ete-sen   

Thank You
Merci   
meda ase   

How Are You?
Comment allez-vous?   
wo ho te sɛn?   

Good Night
bonne Nuit   
maadwo   

Good Evening
bonsoir   
maadwo   

Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi   
maaha   

Good Morning
Bonjour   
maakye   

Please
S'il vous plaît   
wae   

Sorry
désolé   
Kafra   

Bye
au revoir   
bye   

I Love You
Je t'aime   
Me doכ wo   

Excuse Me
Excuse Moi   
mepa wo kyɛw   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Quebec French   
Asante   

Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada   
Ghana   

How Many People Speak
6,200,000.00   
15
9,000,000.00   
13

Dialect 2
African French   
Akuapem   

Where They Speak
Africa   
Ghana   

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

Dialect 3
Swiss French   
Fante   

Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland   
Ghana   

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00   
16
1,900,000.00   
15

Total No. Of Dialects
25   
21
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
163.00 million   
11
11.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
1.12 %   
17
0.17 %   
99+

Native Speakers
76.00 million   
13
11.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
87.00 million   
11
Not Available   

Native Name
français   
Akan   

Alternative Names
Français   
Not Available   

French Name
français   
akan   

German Name
Französisch   
Akan-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Akan people   

History

Origin
9th Century   
15   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old French, Middle French and French   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard French   
Akan   

Language Position
13   
12
104   
99+

Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
fr   
ak   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fra   
aka   

ISO 639 2/B
fre   
aka   

ISO 639 3
fra   
aka   

ISO 639 6
fras   
Not Available   

Glottocode
stan1290   
akan1251   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-i   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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French and Akan Language History

Comparison of French vs Akan language history gives us differences between origin of French and Akan language. History of French language states that this language originated in 9th 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 French and Akan Language History.

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

French vs Akan Difficulty

The French vs Akan difficulty level basically depends on the number of French 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 French and Akan are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in French and Akan, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn French is 24 weeks while to learn Akan time required is 44 weeks.

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