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Akan and Afrikaans


Afrikaans and Akan


Countries

Countries
Ghana, Ivory coast   
South Africa   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Ghana   
South Africa   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Namibia, South Africa   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Africa   

Minority Language
Benin, United States of America   
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe   

Regulated By
Akan Orthography Committee   
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee   

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
  • Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Dutch Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Dutch Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21   
3
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
15   
12

How Many Consonants
16   
6
17   
7

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
ete-sen   
hallo   

Thank You
meda ase   
Dankie   

How Are You?
wo ho te sɛn?   
Hoe gaan dit   

Good Night
maadwo   
goeie nag   

Good Evening
maadwo   
Goeienaand   

Good Afternoon
maaha   
Goeie middag   

Good Morning
maakye   
goeie more   

Please
wae   
asseblief   

Sorry
Kafra   
jammer   

Bye
bye   
Not Available   

I Love You
Me doכ wo   
Ek het jou lief   

Excuse Me
mepa wo kyɛw   
Verskoon my   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Asante   
Kaapse Afrikaans   

Where They Speak
Ghana   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00   
13
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Akuapem   
Oranjeriverafrikaans   

Where They Speak
Ghana   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00   
10
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Fante   
Baster Afrikaans   

Where They Speak
Ghana   
Namibia   

How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00   
15
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.17 %   
99+
Not Available   

Native Speakers
11.00 million   
99+
7.10 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
10.30 million   
22

Native Name
Akan   
Afrikaans   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Cape Dutch   

French Name
akan   
afrikaans   

German Name
Akan-Sprache   
Afrikaans   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]   

Ethnicity
Akan people   
Afrikaners   

History

Origin
15   
17th Century   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Germanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch   

Standard Forms
Akan   
Standard Afrikaans   

Language Position
104   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ak   
af   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
aka   
afr   

ISO 639 2/B
aka   
afr   

ISO 639 3
aka   
afr   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
afrs   

Glottocode
akan1251   
afri1274   

Linguasphere
No data available   
52-ACB-ba   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Analytic   

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

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Akan and Afrikaans Speaking population

Akan and Afrikaans speaking population is one of the factors based on which Akan and Afrikaans languages can be compared. The total count of Akan and Afrikaans Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Akan language is 0.17 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is Not Available. 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 Akan and Afrikaans on Akan vs Afrikaans where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Akan and Afrikaans Language Codes

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

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