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German and Akan


Akan and German


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
7  
8
2  
13

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  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
German-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Akan-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
26  
8
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
10  
7

How Many Consonants
9  
1
16  
6

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
10
44 weeks  
17

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
4,500,000.00  
99+
9,000,000.00  
39

Dialect 2
Swabian German  
Akuapem  

Where They Speak
Germany  
Ghana  

How Many People Speak
820,000.00  
99+
9,000,000.00  
38

Dialect 3
Texas German  
Fante  

Where They Speak
Texas  
Ghana  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
28  
23
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
229.00 million  
8
11.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.39 %  
13
0.17 %  
99+

Native Speakers
101.00 million  
10
11.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
128.00 million  
5
21.00 million  
29

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  
-  

Branch
Western  
-  

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
9  
9
104  
99+

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  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
-  

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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.

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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.

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