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Akan and Norwegian


Norwegian and Akan


Countries

Countries
Ghana, Ivory coast   
Norway   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Ghana   
Norway   

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

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Europe, South America   

Minority Language
Benin, United States of America   
Nynorsk   

Regulated By
Akan Orthography Committee   
Norwegian Language Council   

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.
  
  • Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
  • Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Swedish and Danish Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21   
3
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
9   
6

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
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
ete-sen   
hallo   

Thank You
meda ase   
takk   

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

Good Night
maadwo   
god natt   

Good Evening
maadwo   
god kveld   

Good Afternoon
maaha   
god ettermiddag   

Good Morning
maakye   
god morgen   

Please
wae   
Vær så snill   

Sorry
Kafra   
unnskyld   

Bye
bye   
ha det   

I Love You
Me doכ wo   
Jeg Elsker Deg   

Excuse Me
mepa wo kyɛw   
unnskyld meg   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Asante   
Jamtlandic   

Where They Speak
Ghana   
Jamtland,Harjedalen   

How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00   
13
30,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Akuapem   
Sognamål   

Where They Speak
Ghana   
Sogn   

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

Dialect 3
Fante   
Hallingmål-Valdris   

Where They Speak
Ghana   
Hallingdal, Valdres   

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

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
19   
17

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.17 %   
99+
Not Available   

Native Speakers
11.00 million   
99+
5.00 million   
99+

Native Name
Akan   
Norsk   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Norsk   

French Name
akan   
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien   

German Name
Akan-Sprache   
Nynorsk   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)   

Ethnicity
Akan people   
Norwegians   

History

Origin
15   
c. 1300 AD   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Germanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Northern (Scandinavian)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian   

Standard Forms
Akan   
Nynorsk, Bokmål   

Language Position
104   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Norwegian   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
ak   
no   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
aka   
nor   

ISO 639 2/B
aka   
nor   

ISO 639 3
aka   
nor   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
akan1251   
norw1258   

Linguasphere
No data available   
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg   

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

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Akan and Norwegian Speaking population

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

Akan and Norwegian Language Codes

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

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