Countries
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey
Ghana, Ivory coast
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
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Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
I Love You
Seni seviyorum
Me doכ wo
Excuse Me
Afedersiniz
mepa wo kyɛw
Dialect 1
Azerbaijani Turkish
Asante
Where They Speak
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey
Ghana
Dialect 2
Crimean Turkish
Akuapem
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Ghana
Where They Speak
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine
Ghana
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Alternative Names
Anatolian, Türkisch
Not Available
German Name
Türkisch
Akan-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]
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Ethnicity
Turkish
Akan people
Language Family
Turkic Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Turkic
Not Available
Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish
No early forms
Standard Forms
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)
Akan
Signed Forms
Turkish Sign Language
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
Not Available
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Glottocode
nucl1301
akan1251
Linguasphere
44-AAB-a
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
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Turkish 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 Turkish and Akan greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Turkish and Akan language. Turkish word for "Hello" is Merhaba or Akan word for "Thank You" is meda ase. Find more of such common Turkish Greetings and Akan Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Turkish vs Akan Difficulty
The Turkish vs Akan difficulty level basically depends on the number of Turkish 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 Turkish and Akan are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Turkish and Akan, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Turkish is 44 weeks while to learn Akan time required is 44 weeks.