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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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