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
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Derived From
Latin
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
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
Dialect 2
African French
Akuapem
Where They Speak
Africa
Ghana
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Swiss French
Fante
Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland
Ghana
Second Language Speakers
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
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Romance
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
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 6
fras
Not Available
Glottocode
stan1290
akan1251
Linguasphere
51-AAA-i
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
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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.