Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
  
Ghana, Ivory coast
  
National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  
Ghana
  
Second Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
  
Benin, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
  
Akan Orthography Committee
  
Interesting Facts
- In Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
- Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
  
- 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
Pashto and Balochi Languages
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Arabic Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Persian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Akan-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
سلام
  
ete-sen
  
Thank You
متشکرم
  
meda ase
  
How Are You?
چطور هستید?
  
wo ho te sɛn?
  
Good Night
شب بخیر
  
maadwo
  
Good Evening
عصر بخیر
  
maadwo
  
Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر
  
maaha
  
Good Morning
صبح به خیر
  
maakye
  
Please
لطفا
  
wae
  
Sorry
متاسف
  
Kafra
  
Bye
خدا حافظ
  
bye
  
I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم
  
Me doכ wo
  
Excuse Me
ببخشيد!
  
mepa wo kyɛw
  
Dialect 1
Western Persian
  
Asante
  
Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq
  
Ghana
  
How Many People Speak
47,000,000.00
  
7
9,000,000.00
  
13
Dialect 2
Dari Persian
  
Akuapem
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan
  
Ghana
  
How Many People Speak
12,500,000.00
  
7
9,000,000.00
  
10
Dialect 3
Tajik Persian
  
Fante
  
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  
Ghana
  
How Many People Speak
7,900,000.00
  
6
1,900,000.00
  
15
How Many People Speak?
65.00 million
  
26
11.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
65.00 million
  
17
11.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
فارسی
  
Akan
  
Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
  
Not Available
  
French Name
persan
  
akan
  
German Name
Persisch
  
Akan-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Persian people
  
Akan people
  
Origin
1500 BC
  
15
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Persian
  
Akan
  
Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
fa
  
ak
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
fas
  
aka
  
ISO 639 2/B
per
  
aka
  
ISO 639 3
pes
  
aka
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
fars1254
  
akan1251
  
Linguasphere
58-AAC-c
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Persian and Akan Speaking population
Persian and Akan speaking population is one of the factors based on which Persian and Akan languages can be compared. The total count of Persian and Akan Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Persian language is 0.99 % 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 Persian and Akan on Persian vs Akan where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Persian and Akan Language Codes
Persian and Akan language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Persian and Akan Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.