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Akan vs Norwegian


Norwegian vs 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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Akan and Norwegian Language History

Comparison of Akan vs Norwegian language history gives us differences between origin of Akan and Norwegian language. History of Akan language states that this language originated in 15 whereas history of Norwegian language states that this language originated in c. 1300 AD. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Akan and Norwegian Language History.

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Akan and Norwegian 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 Norwegian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Akan and Norwegian language. Akan word for "Hello" is ete-sen or Norwegian word for "Thank You" is takk. Find more of such common Akan Greetings and Norwegian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Akan vs Norwegian Difficulty

The Akan vs Norwegian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Akan Alphabets and Norwegian 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 Norwegian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Akan and Norwegian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Akan is 44 weeks while to learn Norwegian time required is 24 weeks.

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