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Countries

Countries

Ghana, Ivory coast
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden

Total No. Of Countries

24
0 46
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National Language

Ghana
Sweden

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Finland

Speaking Continents

Africa
Antartica, Europe

Minority Language

Benin, United States of America
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America

Regulated By

Akan Orthography Committee
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council

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.
  • In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
  • Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.

Similar To

Ewe and Ga-Dangme Languages
Norwegian and Danish Language

Derived From

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Old Norse Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2129
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

109
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1618
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

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

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

36
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks24 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

ete-sen
hej

Thank You

meda ase
tacka dig

How Are You?

wo ho te sɛn?
hur mår du

Good Night

maadwo
godnatt

Good Evening

maadwo
god kväll

Good Afternoon

maaha
god eftermiddag

Good Morning

maakye
god morgon

Please

wae
vänligen

Sorry

Kafra
ledsen

Bye

bye
hej då

I Love You

Me doכ wo
jag älskar dig

Excuse Me

mepa wo kyɛw
ursäkta mig

Dialects

Dialect 1

Asante
Dialects

Where They Speak

Ghana
Gabon

How Many People Speak

9,000,000.0078,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Akuapem
Dialects

Where They Speak

Ghana
Georgia

How Many People Speak

9,000,000.0078,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Fante
Dialects

Where They Speak

Ghana
France

How Many People Speak

1,900,000.0096,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

379
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

11.00 million15.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.17 %0.13 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

11.00 million8.70 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

21.00 million5.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Akan
Svenska

Alternative Names

Twi, Fante
Ruotsi, Svenska

French Name

akan
suédois

German Name

Akan-Sprache
Schwedisch

Pronunciation

[ˈaːkã]
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]

Ethnicity

Akan people
Swedes, Finland Swedes

History

Origin

15
13th Century

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

-
Germanic

Branch

-
Northern (Scandinavian)

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Old Swedish

Standard Forms

Akan
Standard Swedish

Language Position

10489
1 120
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Signed Forms

Akan Sign Language
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")

Scope

Macrolanguage
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ak
sv

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

aka
swe

ISO 639 2/B

aka
swe

ISO 639 3

aka
swe

ISO 639 6

aka
swe

Glottocode

akan1251
swed1254

Linguasphere

No data available
52-AAA-ck to -cw

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

-
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

-
-

Akan and Swedish Alphabets

Akan and Swedish Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Akan and Swedish. In Akan Alphabets there are 21 letters while in Swedish Alphabets there are 29 letters. To learn Akan and Swedish languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Akan and Swedish 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 Swedish greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Akan and Swedish are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Akan and Swedish Speaking population

Akan and Swedish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Akan and Swedish languages can be compared. The total count of Akan and Swedish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Akan language is 0.17 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Swedish language is 0.13 %. 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 Swedish on Akan vs Swedish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Akan and Swedish Language Codes

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