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Countries

Countries

Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Ghana, Ivory coast

Total No. Of Countries

62
0 46
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National Language

Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Ghana

Second Language

South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Africa

Minority Language

France, Germany, Indonesia
Benin, United States of America

Regulated By

Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
Akan Orthography Committee

Interesting Facts

  • Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
  • There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
  • 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

German and English Languages
Ewe and Ga-Dangme Languages

Derived From

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-

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2621
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

610
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2116
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

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

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

63
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

dankjewel
meda ase

How Are You?

hoe gaat het met je?
wo ho te sɛn?

Good Night

goede Nacht
maadwo

Good Evening

goedenavond
maadwo

Good Afternoon

goedemiddag
maaha

Good Morning

goedemorgen
maakye

Please

alsjeblieft
wae

Sorry

sorry
Kafra

Bye

vaarwel
bye

I Love You

Ik hou van jou
Me doכ wo

Excuse Me

pardon
mepa wo kyɛw

Dialects

Dialect 1

Gronings
Asante

Where They Speak

Netherlands
Ghana

How Many People Speak

590,000.009,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Low Saxon
Akuapem

Where They Speak

Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
Ghana

How Many People Speak

4,000,000.009,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Limburgian
Fante

Where They Speak

Belgium, Netherlands
Ghana

How Many People Speak

1,300,000.001,900,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

73
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

28.00 million11.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.32 %0.17 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

22.00 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

Nederlands
Akan

Alternative Names

Hollands, Nederlands
Twi, Fante

French Name

néerlandais; flamand
akan

German Name

Niederländisch
Akan-Sprache

Pronunciation

[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
[ˈaːkã]

Ethnicity

Dutch people
Akan people

History

Origin

AD 450-500
15

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup

Germanic
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Branch

Western
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
No early forms

Standard Forms

Standard Dutch
Akan

Language Position

48104
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
Akan Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Macrolanguage

Code

ISO 639 1

nl
ak

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

nld
aka

ISO 639 2/B

dut
aka

ISO 639 3

nld
aka

ISO 639 6

nld
aka

Glottocode

mode1257
akan1251

Linguasphere

52-ACB-a
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Historical
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology

Synthetic
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Dutch and Akan Alphabets

Dutch and Akan Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Dutch and Akan. In Dutch Alphabets there are 26 letters while in Akan Alphabets there are 21 letters. To learn Dutch and Akan languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Dutch and Akan languages. The Dutch phonology consist Dutch vowels and Dutch consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Dutch greetings vs Akan greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Dutch and Akan are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Dutch and Akan Speaking population

Dutch and Akan speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dutch and Akan languages can be compared. The total count of Dutch and Akan Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dutch language is 0.32 % 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 Dutch and Akan on Dutch vs Akan where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Dutch and Akan Language Codes

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