Countries
Ghana, Ivory coast
  
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
  
National Language
Ghana
  
Germany
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
North Dakota, United States of America
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Benin, United States of America
  
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
  
Regulated By
Akan Orthography Committee
  
Council for German Orthography
  
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 large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
- The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Albanian Languages
  
Alphabets in
Akan-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
German-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
  
Danke
  
How Are You?
wo ho te sɛn?
  
Wie geht es dir?
  
Good Night
maadwo
  
gute Nacht
  
Good Evening
maadwo
  
guten Abend
  
Good Afternoon
maaha
  
guten Tag
  
Good Morning
maakye
  
guten Morgen
  
Please
wae
  
bitte
  
Sorry
Kafra
  
Verzeihung
  
Bye
bye
  
Tschüs
  
I Love You
Me doכ wo
  
Ich liebe dich
  
Excuse Me
mepa wo kyɛw
  
Entschuldigung
  
Dialect 1
Asante
  
Swiss German
  
Where They Speak
Ghana
  
Switzerland
  
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00
  
13
4,500,000.00
  
18
Dialect 2
Akuapem
  
Swabian German
  
Where They Speak
Ghana
  
Germany
  
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00
  
10
Dialect 3
Fante
  
Texas German
  
Where They Speak
Ghana
  
Texas
  
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00
  
15
How Many People Speak?
11.00 million
  
99+
229.00 million
  
8
Native Speakers
11.00 million
  
99+
101.00 million
  
10
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
128.00 million
  
5
Native Name
Akan
  
Deutsch
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Deutsch, Tedesco
  
French Name
akan
  
allemand
  
German Name
Akan-Sprache
  
Deutsch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]
  
Ethnicity
Akan people
  
Germans
  
Origin
15
  
6th Century AD
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Germanic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Western
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Akan
  
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed German
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ak
  
de
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
aka
  
deu
  
ISO 639 2/B
aka
  
ger
  
ISO 639 3
aka
  
deu
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
deus
  
Glottocode
akan1251
  
high1287, uppe1397
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
52-ACB–dl & -dm
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Akan and German Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Akan and German greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Akan and German language. Akan word for "Hello" is ete-sen or German word for "Thank You" is Danke. Find more of such common Akan Greetings and German Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Akan vs German Difficulty
The Akan vs German difficulty level basically depends on the number of Akan Alphabets and German Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Akan and German are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Akan and German, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Akan is 44 weeks while to learn German time required is 30 weeks.