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Akan vs Danish


Danish vs Akan


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
5  
10

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
Akan-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Danish-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
21  
3
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
20  
17

How Many Consonants
16  
6
20  
10

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
24 weeks  
6

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
9,000,000.00  
39
80,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Akuapem  
Jutlandic  

Where They Speak
Ghana  
Denmark  

How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00  
38
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Fante  
Bornholmsk  

Where They Speak
Ghana  
Island of Bornholm  

How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00  
99+
6,000,000.00  
34

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
11.00 million  
99+
5.50 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.17 %  
99+
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
11.00 million  
99+
5.50 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
21.00 million  
29
6.00 million  
99+

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
104  
99+
18  
16

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
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Fusional  

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Akan and Danish Language History

Comparison of Akan vs Danish language history gives us differences between origin of Akan and Danish language. History of Akan language states that this language originated in 15 whereas history of Danish language states that this language originated in c. 1100 AD. 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 Akan and Danish Language History.

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Akan and Danish 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 Akan and Danish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Akan and Danish language. Akan word for "Hello" is ete-sen or Danish word for "Thank You" is Mange tak. Find more of such common Akan Greetings and Danish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Akan vs Danish Difficulty

The Akan vs Danish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Akan Alphabets and Danish 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 Akan and Danish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Akan and Danish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Akan is 44 weeks while to learn Danish time required is 24 weeks.

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