Countries
Ghana, Ivory coast
  
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council
  
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 in
Akan-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Danish-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
  
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
  
Dialect 1
Asante
  
Scanian
  
Where They Speak
Ghana
  
Sweden
  
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00
  
13
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
  
How Many People Speak?
11.00 million
  
99+
5.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
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
  
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
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Danish
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.