Countries
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council
  
Ghana, Ivory coast
  
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 in
Danish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Akan-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
Dialect 1
Scanian
  
Asante
  
Where They Speak
Sweden
  
Ghana
  
How Many People Speak
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
How Many People Speak?
5.50 million
  
99+
11.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Signed Danish
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
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
  
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.