Countries
Ghana, Ivory coast
  
South Africa
  
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 in
Akan-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
11.00 million
  
99+
19.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
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
  
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
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.
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.