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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  
Ewe and Ga-Dangme Languages  

Derived From
Latin  
-  

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  
17

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  
6
9,000,000.00  
39

Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish  
Akuapem  

Where They Speak
Cuba  
Ghana  

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00  
35
9,000,000.00  
38

Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish  
Fante  

Where They Speak
Puerto Rico  
Ghana  

How Many People Speak
3,900,000.00  
99+
1,900,000.00  
99+

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
21.00 million  
29

Native Name
Español  
Akan  

Alternative Names
Castellano, Castilian, Español  
Twi, Fante  

French Name
espagnol; castillan  
akan  

German Name
Spanisch  
Akan-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]  
[ˈaːkã]  

Ethnicity
Spanish people  
Akan people  

History

Origin
210 BC  
15  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

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  
Akan Sign Language  

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
spa  
aka  

Glottocode
stan1288  
akan1251  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-b  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
-  

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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

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