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Countries

Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries

52
0 46
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National Language

Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland
Ghana

Second Language

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

Speaking Continents

Europe, North America, South America
Africa

Minority Language

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

Regulated By

Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)
Akan Orthography Committee

Interesting Facts

  • 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.
  • 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

Norwegian and Swedish
Ewe and Ga-Dangme Languages

Derived From

Old Norse Language
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2921
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

2010
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2016
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

24 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Hallo
ete-sen

Thank You

Mange tak
meda ase

How Are You?

Hvordan har du det?
wo ho te sɛn?

Good Night

God nat
maadwo

Good Evening

God aften
maadwo

Good Afternoon

God eftermiddag
maaha

Good Morning

God morgen
maakye

Please

Please
wae

Sorry

Undskyld!
Kafra

Bye

Farvel
bye

I Love You

Jeg elsker dig
Me doכ wo

Excuse Me

Undskyld mig
mepa wo kyɛw

Dialects

Dialect 1

Scanian
Asante

Where They Speak

Sweden
Ghana

How Many People Speak

80,000.009,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Jutlandic
Akuapem

Where They Speak

Denmark
Ghana

How Many People Speak

6,000,000.009,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Bornholmsk
Fante

Where They Speak

Island of Bornholm
Ghana

How Many People Speak

6,000,000.001,900,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

43
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

5.50 million11.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.07 %0.17 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

5.50 million11.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

6.00 million21.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

dansk
Akan

Alternative Names

Dansk, Rigsdansk
Twi, Fante

French Name

danois
akan

German Name

Dänisch
Akan-Sprache

Pronunciation

[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]
[ˈaːkã]

Ethnicity

Danish people or Danes
Akan people

History

Origin

c. 1100 AD
15

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup

-
-

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Danish, Early Modern Danish
No early forms

Standard Forms

Rigsdansk
Akan

Language Position

18104
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Danish
Akan Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Macrolanguage

Code

ISO 639 1

da
ak

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

dan
aka

ISO 639 2/B

dan
aka

ISO 639 3

dan
aka

ISO 639 6

dan
aka

Glottocode

dani1284
akan1251

Linguasphere

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

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology

Fusional
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Danish and Akan Alphabets

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

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

Danish and Akan Speaking population

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

Danish and Akan Language Codes

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