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Persian and Akan


Akan and Persian


Countries

Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan   
Ghana, Ivory coast   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
2   
13

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

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

Alphabets
32   
14
21   
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
10   
7

How Many Consonants
23   
13
16   
6

Scripts
Arabic   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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   

Dialects

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

Total No. Of Dialects
12   
12
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
65.00 million   
26
11.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.99 %   
20
0.17 %   
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   

History

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   

Language Position
23   
19
104   
99+

Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

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   

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All Persian 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 Persian and Akan dialects. Various dialects of Persian and Akan language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Persian are spoken in different Persian Speaking Countries whereas Akan Dialects are spoken in different Akan speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Persian vs Akan Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Persian dialects include: Western Persian, Dari Persian. Akan dialects include: Asante , Akuapem. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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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.

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