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Danish and Akan


Akan and Danish


Countries

Countries
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council   
Ghana, Ivory coast   

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
2   
13

National Language
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland   
Ghana   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Europe, North America, South America   
Africa   

Minority Language
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America   
Benin, United States of America   

Regulated By
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)   
Akan Orthography Committee   

Interesting Facts
  • Danish, Norwegian and Swedish are mutually intelligible, that means if u learn Danish is almost like learning three languages in one.
  • There are 9 vowels in Danish language, which can be pronounced in 16 different ways.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Norwegian and Swedish   
Not Available   

Derived From
Old Norse Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
21   
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20   
17
10   
7

How Many Consonants
20   
10
16   
6

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Hallo   
ete-sen   

Thank You
Mange tak   
meda ase   

How Are You?
Hvordan har du det?   
wo ho te sɛn?   

Good Night
God nat   
maadwo   

Good Evening
God aften   
maadwo   

Good Afternoon
God eftermiddag   
maaha   

Good Morning
God morgen   
maakye   

Please
Please   
wae   

Sorry
Undskyld!   
Kafra   

Bye
Farvel   
bye   

I Love You
Jeg elsker dig   
Me doכ wo   

Excuse Me
Undskyld mig   
mepa wo kyɛw   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Scanian   
Asante   

Where They Speak
Sweden   
Ghana   

How Many People Speak
80,000.00   
99+
9,000,000.00   
13

Dialect 2
Jutlandic   
Akuapem   

Where They Speak
Denmark   
Ghana   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
9,000,000.00   
10

Dialect 3
Bornholmsk   
Fante   

Where They Speak
Island of Bornholm   
Ghana   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,900,000.00   
15

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.50 million   
99+
11.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.17 %   
99+

Native Speakers
5.50 million   
99+
11.00 million   
99+

Native Name
dansk   
Akan   

Alternative Names
Dansk, Rigsdansk   
Not Available   

French Name
danois   
akan   

German Name
Dänisch   
Akan-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Danish people or Danes   
Akan people   

History

Origin
c. 1100 AD   
15   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Rigsdansk   
Akan   

Language Position
Not Available   
104   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Danish   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
da   
ak   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
dan   
aka   

ISO 639 2/B
dan   
aka   

ISO 639 3
dan   
aka   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
dani1284   
akan1251   

Linguasphere
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Not Available   

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

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Danish and Akan Speaking population

Danish and Akan speaking population is one of the factors based on which Danish and Akan languages can be compared. The total count of Danish and Akan Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Danish language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Akan language is 0.17 %. 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 Danish and Akan on Danish vs Akan where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Danish and Akan Language Codes

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

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