Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Ghana, Ivory coast
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
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Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
I Love You
Ik hou van jou
Me doכ wo
Excuse Me
pardon
mepa wo kyɛw
Dialect 1
Gronings
Asante
Where They Speak
Netherlands
Ghana
Dialect 2
Low Saxon
Akuapem
Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
Ghana
Dialect 3
Limburgian
Fante
Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands
Ghana
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Nederlands
Akan
Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands
Not Available
French Name
néerlandais; flamand
akan
German Name
Niederländisch
Akan-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
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Ethnicity
Dutch people
Akan people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Germanic
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Branch
Western
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Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Dutch
Akan
Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
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Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
mode1257
akan1251
Linguasphere
52-ACB-a
No data available
Language Type
Historical
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
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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.