Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan
  
Ghana, Ivory coast
  
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
  
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Derived From
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Alphabets in
Kurdish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Akan-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
How Many People Speak?
28.00 million
  
38
11.00 million
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Macrolanguage
  
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
  
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.
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.