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Akan and Danish


Danish and Akan


Countries

Countries
Ghana, Ivory coast   
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
5   
10

National Language
Ghana   
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Europe, North America, South America   

Minority Language
Benin, United States of America   
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America   

Regulated By
Akan Orthography Committee   
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language 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.
  
  • Danish, Norwegian and Swedish are mutually intelligible, that means if u learn Danish is almost like learning three languages in one.
  • There are 9 vowels in Danish language, which can be pronounced in 16 different ways.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Norwegian and Swedish   

Derived From
Not Available   
Old Norse Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21   
3
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
20   
17

How Many Consonants
16   
6
20   
10

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   
Mange tak   

How Are You?
wo ho te sɛn?   
Hvordan har du det?   

Good Night
maadwo   
God nat   

Good Evening
maadwo   
God aften   

Good Afternoon
maaha   
God eftermiddag   

Good Morning
maakye   
God morgen   

Please
wae   
Please   

Sorry
Kafra   
Undskyld!   

Bye
bye   
Farvel   

I Love You
Me doכ wo   
Jeg elsker dig   

Excuse Me
mepa wo kyɛw   
Undskyld mig   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Asante   
Scanian   

Where They Speak
Ghana   
Sweden   

How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00   
13
80,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Akuapem   
Jutlandic   

Where They Speak
Ghana   
Denmark   

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

Dialect 3
Fante   
Bornholmsk   

Where They Speak
Ghana   
Island of Bornholm   

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

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
4   
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.17 %   
99+
Not Available   

Native Speakers
11.00 million   
99+
5.50 million   
99+

Native Name
Akan   
dansk   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Dansk, Rigsdansk   

French Name
akan   
danois   

German Name
Akan-Sprache   
Dänisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]   

Ethnicity
Akan people   
Danish people or Danes   

History

Origin
15   
c. 1100 AD   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish   

Standard Forms
Akan   
Rigsdansk   

Language Position
104   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Danish   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ak   
da   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
aka   
dan   

ISO 639 2/B
aka   
dan   

ISO 639 3
aka   
dan   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
akan1251   
dani1284   

Linguasphere
No data available   
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional   

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

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Akan and Danish Speaking population

Akan and Danish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Akan and Danish languages can be compared. The total count of Akan and Danish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Akan language is 0.17 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Danish 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 Danish on Akan vs Danish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Akan and Danish Language Codes

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

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