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Turkish and Akan


Akan and Turkish


Countries

Countries
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey   
Ghana, Ivory coast   

Total No. Of Countries
11   
5
2   
13

National Language
Turkey   
Ghana   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Africa   

Minority Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania   
Benin, United States of America   

Regulated By
Turkish Language Association   
Akan Orthography Committee   

Interesting Facts
  • Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
  • Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
  
  • 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
Azerbaijani Language   
Not Available   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
21   
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
10   
7

How Many Consonants
21   
11
16   
6

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, 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
Merhaba   
ete-sen   

Thank You
teşekkür ederim   
meda ase   

How Are You?
Nasılsın?   
wo ho te sɛn?   

Good Night
İyi Geceler   
maadwo   

Good Evening
İyi Akşamlar   
maadwo   

Good Afternoon
Tünaydın   
maaha   

Good Morning
günaydın   
maakye   

Please
lütfen   
wae   

Sorry
üzgünüm   
Kafra   

Bye
Hoşçakal   
bye   

I Love You
Seni seviyorum   
Me doכ wo   

Excuse Me
Afedersiniz   
mepa wo kyɛw   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Azerbaijani Turkish   
Asante   

Where They Speak
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey   
Ghana   

How Many People Speak
26,000,000.00   
9
9,000,000.00   
13

Dialect 2
Crimean Turkish   
Akuapem   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   
Ghana   

How Many People Speak
480,000.00   
29
9,000,000.00   
10

Dialect 3
Gagauz   
Fante   

Where They Speak
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine   
Ghana   

How Many People Speak
140,000.00   
26
1,900,000.00   
15

Total No. Of Dialects
9   
9
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
75.00 million   
23
11.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.95 %   
21
0.17 %   
99+

Native Speakers
60.00 million   
20
11.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million   
18
Not Available   

Native Name
Türkçe   
Akan   

Alternative Names
Anatolian, Türkisch   
Not Available   

French Name
turc   
akan   

German Name
Türkisch   
Akan-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Turkish   
Akan people   

History

Origin
c. 1350   
15   

Language Family
Turkic Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Turkic   
Not Available   

Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)   
Akan   

Language Position
19   
17
104   
99+

Signed Forms
Turkish Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
tr   
ak   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tur   
aka   

ISO 639 2/B
tur   
aka   

ISO 639 3
tur   
aka   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nucl1301   
akan1251   

Linguasphere
44-AAB-a   
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 Turkish 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 Turkish and Akan dialects. Various dialects of Turkish and Akan language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Turkish are spoken in different Turkish Speaking Countries whereas Akan Dialects are spoken in different Akan speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Turkish vs Akan Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Turkish dialects include: Azerbaijani Turkish, Crimean Turkish. Akan dialects include: Asante , Akuapem. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Turkish and Akan Speaking population

Turkish and Akan speaking population is one of the factors based on which Turkish and Akan languages can be compared. The total count of Turkish and Akan Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Turkish language is 0.95 % 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 Turkish and Akan on Turkish vs Akan where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Turkish and Akan Language Codes

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

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