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Swedish and Akan


Akan and Swedish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden  
Ghana, Ivory coast  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
2  
13

National Language
Sweden  
Ghana  

Second Language
Finland  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Antartica, Europe  
Africa  

Minority Language
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Benin, United States of America  

Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council  
Akan Orthography Committee  

Interesting Facts
  • In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
  • Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  
  • 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
Norwegian and Danish Language  
Ewe and Ga-Dangme Languages  

Derived From
Old Norse Language  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200  
Akan-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
29  
11
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
10  
7

How Many Consonants
18  
8
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
hej  
ete-sen  

Thank You
tacka dig  
meda ase  

How Are You?
hur mår du  
wo ho te sɛn?  

Good Night
godnatt  
maadwo  

Good Evening
god kväll  
maadwo  

Good Afternoon
god eftermiddag  
maaha  

Good Morning
god morgon  
maakye  

Please
vänligen  
wae  

Sorry
ledsen  
Kafra  

Bye
hej då  
bye  

I Love You
jag älskar dig  
Me doכ wo  

Excuse Me
ursäkta mig  
mepa wo kyɛw  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Dialects  
Asante  

Where They Speak
Gabon  
Ghana  

How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00  
9
9,000,000.00  
39

Dialect 2
Dialects  
Akuapem  

Where They Speak
Georgia  
Ghana  

How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00  
7
9,000,000.00  
38

Dialect 3
Dialects  
Fante  

Where They Speak
France  
Ghana  

How Many People Speak
96,000,000.00  
5
1,900,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
79  
33
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
15.00 million  
99+
11.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.17 %  
99+

Native Speakers
8.70 million  
99+
11.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
21.00 million  
29

Native Name
Svenska  
Akan  

Alternative Names
Ruotsi, Svenska  
Twi, Fante  

French Name
suédois  
akan  

German Name
Schwedisch  
Akan-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]  
[ˈaːkã]  

Ethnicity
Swedes, Finland Swedes  
Akan people  

History

Origin
13th Century  
15  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
-  

Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Swedish  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Swedish  
Akan  

Language Position
89  
99+
104  
99+

Signed Forms
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")  
Akan Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
sv  
ak  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
swe  
aka  

ISO 639 2/B
swe  
aka  

ISO 639 3
swe  
aka  

ISO 639 6
swe  
aka  

Glottocode
swed1254  
akan1251  

Linguasphere
52-AAA-ck to -cw  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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

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Swedish and Akan Speaking population

Swedish and Akan speaking population is one of the factors based on which Swedish and Akan languages can be compared. The total count of Swedish and Akan Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Swedish language is 0.13 % 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 Swedish and Akan on Swedish vs Akan where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Swedish and Akan Language Codes

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

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