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
  
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 in
Akan-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Spanish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
How Many People Speak?
11.00 million
  
99+
489.00 million
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Spanish
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
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