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Akan and Portuguese


Countries

Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe  
Ghana, Ivory coast  

Total No. Of Countries
10  
6
2  
13

National Language
Portugal  
Ghana  

Second Language
United States of America  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America  
Africa  

Minority Language
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America  
Benin, United States of America  

Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras  
Akan Orthography Committee  

Interesting Facts
  • Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
  • The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.
  
  • 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
Spanish and Galician Languages  
Ewe and Ga-Dangme Languages  

Derived From
Latin  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
23  
5
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
10  
7

How Many Consonants
19  
9
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
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Olá  
ete-sen  

Thank You
obrigado  
meda ase  

How Are You?
Como você está?  
wo ho te sɛn?  

Good Night
boa noite  
maadwo  

Good Evening
boa Noite  
maadwo  

Good Afternoon
boa Tarde  
maaha  

Good Morning
bom Dia  
maakye  

Please
Por Favor  
wae  

Sorry
pesaroso  
Kafra  

Bye
tchau  
bye  

I Love You
Eu te amo  
Me doכ wo  

Excuse Me
desculpe me  
mepa wo kyɛw  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese  
Asante  

Where They Speak
Brazil  
Ghana  

How Many People Speak
204,000,000.00  
5
9,000,000.00  
39

Dialect 2
European Portuguese  
Akuapem  

Where They Speak
Portugal  
Ghana  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
37
9,000,000.00  
38

Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole  
Fante  

Where They Speak
Daman and Diu  
Ghana  

How Many People Speak
4,000.00  
99+
1,900,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
26  
22
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
231.00 million  
7
11.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
3.27 %  
7
0.17 %  
99+

Native Speakers
216.00 million  
5
11.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million  
34
21.00 million  
29

Native Name
Português  
Akan  

Alternative Names
Português  
Twi, Fante  

French Name
portugais  
akan  

German Name
Portugiesisch  
Akan-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]  
[ˈaːkã]  

Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses  
Akan people  

History

Origin
3rd Century  
15  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Medieval Galician  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Portuguese  
Akan  

Language Position
6  
6
104  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese  
Akan Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
pt  
ak  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
por  
aka  

ISO 639 2/B
por  
aka  

ISO 639 3
por  
aka  

ISO 639 6
por  
aka  

Glottocode
port1283  
akan1251  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-a  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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

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Portuguese and Akan Speaking population

Portuguese and Akan speaking population is one of the factors based on which Portuguese and Akan languages can be compared. The total count of Portuguese and Akan Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Portuguese language is 3.27 % 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 Portuguese and Akan on Portuguese vs Akan where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Portuguese and Akan Language Codes

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

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