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Kurdish and Akan


Akan and Kurdish


Countries

Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan   
Ghana, Ivory coast   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey   
Ghana   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Middle East   
Africa   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Benin, United States of America   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Akan Orthography Committee   

Interesting Facts
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  
  • 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
Farsi Language   
Not Available   

Derived From
Not Available   
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Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
21   
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
10   
7

How Many Consonants
29   
19
16   
6

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks   
2
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Silaw   
ete-sen   

Thank You
Sipas   
meda ase   

How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?   
wo ho te sɛn?   

Good Night
Şev xweş   
maadwo   

Good Evening
Evare baş   
maadwo   

Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash   
maaha   

Good Morning
Bayanit bash   
maakye   

Please
Bê zehmet   
wae   

Sorry
Bibûre   
Kafra   

Bye
Be xêr çî   
bye   

I Love You
Ez te hez dikem   
Me doכ wo   

Excuse Me
Bê zehmet   
mepa wo kyɛw   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish   
Asante   

Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey   
Ghana   

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00   
10
9,000,000.00   
13

Dialect 2
Central Kurdish   
Akuapem   

Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran   
Ghana   

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00   
14
9,000,000.00   
10

Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish   
Fante   

Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq   
Ghana   

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00   
12
1,900,000.00   
15

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million   
38
11.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.31 %   
39
0.17 %   
99+

Native Speakers
21.00 million   
36
11.00 million   
99+

Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди   
Akan   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Not Available   

French Name
kurde   
akan   

German Name
Kurdisch   
Akan-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Kurds   
Akan people   

History

Origin
16th century CE   
15   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Not Available   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Kurdish   
Akan   

Language Position
Not Available   
104   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
ku   
ak   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kur   
aka   

ISO 639 2/B
kur   
aka   

ISO 639 3
kur   
aka   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
kurd1259   
akan1251   

Linguasphere
58-AAA-a   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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All Kurdish and Akan Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Kurdish and Akan dialects. Various dialects of Kurdish and Akan language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Kurdish are spoken in different Kurdish Speaking Countries whereas Akan Dialects are spoken in different Akan speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Kurdish vs Akan Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Kurdish dialects include: Northern Kurdish, Central Kurdish. Akan dialects include: Asante , Akuapem. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Kurdish and Akan Speaking population

Kurdish and Akan speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kurdish and Akan languages can be compared. The total count of Kurdish and Akan Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kurdish language is 0.31 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Akan language is 0.17 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Kurdish and Akan on Kurdish vs Akan where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kurdish and Akan Language Codes

Kurdish and Akan language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Kurdish and Akan Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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