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Spanish and Akan


Akan and Spanish


Countries

Countries
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara   
Ghana, Ivory coast   

Total No. Of Countries
46   
1
2   
13

National Language
Spain   
Ghana   

Second Language
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

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

Minority Language
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom   
Benin, United States of America   

Regulated By
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española   
Akan Orthography Committee   

Interesting Facts
  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic 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
French Language   
Not Available   

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27   
9
21   
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
10   
7

How Many Consonants
22   
12
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   
11

Greetings

Hello
hola   
ete-sen   

Thank You
Gracias   
meda ase   

How Are You?
Cómo estás?   
wo ho te sɛn?   

Good Night
Buenas Noches   
maadwo   

Good Evening
Bonne soirée   
maadwo   

Good Afternoon
Buenas Tardes   
maaha   

Good Morning
Buenos Días   
maakye   

Please
Por Favor   
wae   

Sorry
triste   
Kafra   

Bye
adiós   
bye   

I Love You
Te Quiero   
Me doכ wo   

Excuse Me
Discúlpeme   
mepa wo kyɛw   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish   
Asante   

Where They Speak
Mexico   
Ghana   

How Many People Speak
105,000,000.00   
5
9,000,000.00   
13

Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish   
Akuapem   

Where They Speak
Cuba   
Ghana   

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00   
8
9,000,000.00   
10

Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish   
Fante   

Where They Speak
Puerto Rico   
Ghana   

How Many People Speak
3,900,000.00   
9
1,900,000.00   
15

Total No. Of Dialects
21   
19
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
489.00 million   
3
11.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
6.15 %   
3
0.17 %   
99+

Native Speakers
410.00 million   
2
11.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
89.50 million   
9
Not Available   

Native Name
Español   
Akan   

Alternative Names
Castellano, Castilian, Español   
Not Available   

French Name
espagnol; castillan   
akan   

German Name
Spanisch   
Akan-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Akan people   

History

Origin
210 BC   
15   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish   
Akan   

Language Position
2   
2
104   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Spanish   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
es   
ak   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
spa   
aka   

ISO 639 2/B
spa   
aka   

ISO 639 3
spa   
aka   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
stan1288   
akan1251   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-b   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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

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Spanish and Akan Speaking population

Spanish and Akan speaking population is one of the factors based on which Spanish and Akan languages can be compared. The total count of Spanish and Akan Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Spanish language is 6.15 % 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 Spanish and Akan on Spanish vs Akan where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Spanish and Akan Language Codes

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

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