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Spanish and Akan


Countries

Countries
Ghana, Ivory coast   
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
46   
1

National Language
Ghana   
Spain   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America   

Minority Language
Benin, United States of America   
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom   

Regulated By
Akan Orthography Committee   
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española   

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.
  
  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
French Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21   
3
27   
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
5   
2

How Many Consonants
16   
6
22   
12

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
ete-sen   
hola   

Thank You
meda ase   
Gracias   

How Are You?
wo ho te sɛn?   
Cómo estás?   

Good Night
maadwo   
Buenas Noches   

Good Evening
maadwo   
Bonne soirée   

Good Afternoon
maaha   
Buenas Tardes   

Good Morning
maakye   
Buenos Días   

Please
wae   
Por Favor   

Sorry
Kafra   
triste   

Bye
bye   
adiós   

I Love You
Me doכ wo   
Te Quiero   

Excuse Me
mepa wo kyɛw   
Discúlpeme   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Asante   
Mexican Spanish   

Where They Speak
Ghana   
Mexico   

How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00   
13
105,000,000.00   
5

Dialect 2
Akuapem   
Cuban Spanish   

Where They Speak
Ghana   
Cuba   

How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00   
10
11,000,000.00   
8

Dialect 3
Fante   
Puerto Rican Spanish   

Where They Speak
Ghana   
Puerto Rico   

How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00   
15
3,900,000.00   
9

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
21   
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
11.00 million   
99+
489.00 million   
3

Speaking Population
0.17 %   
99+
6.15 %   
3

Native Speakers
11.00 million   
99+
410.00 million   
2

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
89.50 million   
9

Native Name
Akan   
Español   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Castellano, Castilian, Español   

French Name
akan   
espagnol; castillan   

German Name
Akan-Sprache   
Spanisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]   

Ethnicity
Akan people   
Not Available   

History

Origin
15   
210 BC   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Romance   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Spanish and Spanish   

Standard Forms
Akan   
Pluricentric Standard Spanish   

Language Position
104   
99+
2   
2

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Spanish   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ak   
es   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
aka   
spa   

ISO 639 2/B
aka   
spa   

ISO 639 3
aka   
spa   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
akan1251   
stan1288   

Linguasphere
No data available   
51-AAA-b   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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

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Akan and Spanish Speaking population

Akan and Spanish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Akan and Spanish languages can be compared. The total count of Akan and Spanish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Akan language is 0.17 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Spanish language is 6.15 %. 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 Spanish on Akan vs Spanish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Akan and Spanish Language Codes

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

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