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
  
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 in
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Akan-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
How Many People Speak?
163.00 million
  
11
11.00 million
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
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
  
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.