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Persian vs Akan


Akan vs 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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Persian and Akan Language History

Comparison of Persian vs Akan language history gives us differences between origin of Persian and Akan language. History of Persian language states that this language originated in 1500 BC whereas history of Akan language states that this language originated in 15. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Persian and Akan Language History.

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Persian 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 Persian and Akan greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Persian and Akan language. Persian word for "Hello" is سلام or Akan word for "Thank You" is meda ase. Find more of such common Persian Greetings and Akan Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Persian vs Akan Difficulty

The Persian vs Akan difficulty level basically depends on the number of Persian 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 Persian and Akan are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Persian and Akan, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Persian is 44 weeks while to learn Akan time required is 44 weeks.

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