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Countries

Countries

Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
Ghana, Ivory coast

Total No. Of Countries

72
0 46
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National Language

Germany
Ghana

Second Language

North Dakota, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Europe
Africa

Minority Language

Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
Benin, United States of America

Regulated By

Council for German Orthography
Akan Orthography Committee

Interesting Facts

  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  • 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

Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages
Ewe and Ga-Dangme Languages

Derived From

Albanian Languages
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2621
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

1010
0 32
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How Many Consonants

916
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

30 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

hallo
ete-sen

Thank You

Danke
meda ase

How Are You?

Wie geht es dir?
wo ho te sɛn?

Good Night

gute Nacht
maadwo

Good Evening

guten Abend
maadwo

Good Afternoon

guten Tag
maaha

Good Morning

guten Morgen
maakye

Please

bitte
wae

Sorry

Verzeihung
Kafra

Bye

Tschüs
bye

I Love You

Ich liebe dich
Me doכ wo

Excuse Me

Entschuldigung
mepa wo kyɛw

Dialects

Dialect 1

Swiss German
Asante

Where They Speak

Switzerland
Ghana

How Many People Speak

4,500,000.009,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Swabian German
Akuapem

Where They Speak

Germany
Ghana

How Many People Speak

820,000.009,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Texas German
Fante

Where They Speak

Texas
Ghana

How Many People Speak

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

283
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

229.00 million11.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

1.39 %0.17 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

101.00 million11.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

128.00 million21.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Deutsch
Akan

Alternative Names

Deutsch, Tedesco
Twi, Fante

French Name

allemand
akan

German Name

Deutsch
Akan-Sprache

Pronunciation

[ˈdɔʏtʃ]
[ˈaːkã]

Ethnicity

Germans
Akan people

History

Origin

6th Century AD
15

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup

Germanic
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Branch

Western
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Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
Akan

Language Position

9104
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed German
Akan Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Macrolanguage

Code

ISO 639 1

de
ak

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

deu
aka

ISO 639 2/B

ger
aka

ISO 639 3

deu
aka

ISO 639 6

deus
aka

Glottocode

high1287, uppe1397
akan1251

Linguasphere

52-ACB–dl & -dm
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology

Fusional, Synthetic
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German and Akan Alphabets

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

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

German and Akan Speaking population

German and Akan speaking population is one of the factors based on which German and Akan languages can be compared. The total count of German and Akan Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 % 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 German and Akan on German vs Akan where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

German and Akan Language Codes

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