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Countries

Countries

Ghana, Ivory coast
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council

Total No. Of Countries

25
0 46
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National Language

Ghana
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Africa
Europe, North America, South America

Minority Language

Benin, United States of America
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America

Regulated By

Akan Orthography Committee
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)

Interesting Facts

  • 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.
  • Danish, Norwegian and Swedish are mutually intelligible, that means if u learn Danish is almost like learning three languages in one.
  • There are 9 vowels in Danish language, which can be pronounced in 16 different ways.

Similar To

Ewe and Ga-Dangme Languages
Norwegian and Swedish

Derived From

-
Old Norse Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2129
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

1020
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1620
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

33
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks24 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

ete-sen
Hallo

Thank You

meda ase
Mange tak

How Are You?

wo ho te sɛn?
Hvordan har du det?

Good Night

maadwo
God nat

Good Evening

maadwo
God aften

Good Afternoon

maaha
God eftermiddag

Good Morning

maakye
God morgen

Please

wae
Please

Sorry

Kafra
Undskyld!

Bye

bye
Farvel

I Love You

Me doכ wo
Jeg elsker dig

Excuse Me

mepa wo kyɛw
Undskyld mig

Dialects

Dialect 1

Asante
Scanian

Where They Speak

Ghana
Sweden

How Many People Speak

9,000,000.0080,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Akuapem
Jutlandic

Where They Speak

Ghana
Denmark

How Many People Speak

9,000,000.006,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Fante
Bornholmsk

Where They Speak

Ghana
Island of Bornholm

How Many People Speak

1,900,000.006,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

34
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

11.00 million5.50 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.17 %0.07 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

11.00 million5.50 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

21.00 million6.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Akan
dansk

Alternative Names

Twi, Fante
Dansk, Rigsdansk

French Name

akan
danois

German Name

Akan-Sprache
Dänisch

Pronunciation

[ˈaːkã]
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]

Ethnicity

Akan people
Danish people or Danes

History

Origin

15
c. 1100 AD

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

-
-

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish

Standard Forms

Akan
Rigsdansk

Language Position

10418
1 120
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Signed Forms

Akan Sign Language
Signed Danish

Scope

Macrolanguage
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ak
da

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

aka
dan

ISO 639 2/B

aka
dan

ISO 639 3

aka
dan

ISO 639 6

aka
dan

Glottocode

akan1251
dani1284

Linguasphere

No data available
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

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Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

-
Fusional

Akan and Danish Alphabets

Akan and Danish Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Akan and Danish. In Akan Alphabets there are 21 letters while in Danish Alphabets there are 29 letters. To learn Akan and Danish languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Akan and Danish languages. The Akan phonology consist Akan vowels and Akan consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Akan greetings vs Danish greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Akan and Danish are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Akan and Danish Speaking population

Akan and Danish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Akan and Danish languages can be compared. The total count of Akan and Danish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Akan language is 0.17 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Danish language is 0.07 %. 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 Akan and Danish on Akan vs Danish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Akan and Danish Language Codes

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