Countries
Ghana, Ivory coast
  
Norway
  
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 in
Akan-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Norwegian-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
  
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
  
Dialect 1
Asante
  
Jamtlandic
  
Where They Speak
Ghana
  
Jamtland,Harjedalen
  
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00
  
13
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
  
How Many People Speak?
11.00 million
  
99+
5.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
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
  
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
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Norwegian
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Macrolanguage
  
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
  
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.