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Dutch vs Akan


Akan vs Dutch


Countries

Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   
Ghana, Ivory coast   

Total No. Of Countries
6   
9
2   
13

National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   
Ghana   

Second Language
South Africa   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, North America, South America   
Africa   

Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia   
Benin, United States of America   

Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)   
Akan Orthography Committee   

Interesting Facts
  • Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
  • There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
  
  • 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
German and English Languages   
Not Available   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
21   
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
10   
7

How Many Consonants
21   
11
16   
6

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Hallo   
ete-sen   

Thank You
dankjewel   
meda ase   

How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?   
wo ho te sɛn?   

Good Night
goede Nacht   
maadwo   

Good Evening
goedenavond   
maadwo   

Good Afternoon
goedemiddag   
maaha   

Good Morning
goedemorgen   
maakye   

Please
alsjeblieft   
wae   

Sorry
sorry   
Kafra   

Bye
vaarwel   
bye   

I Love You
Ik hou van jou   
Me doכ wo   

Excuse Me
pardon   
mepa wo kyɛw   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gronings   
Asante   

Where They Speak
Netherlands   
Ghana   

How Many People Speak
590,000.00   
32
9,000,000.00   
13

Dialect 2
Low Saxon   
Akuapem   

Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands   
Ghana   

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00   
16
9,000,000.00   
10

Dialect 3
Limburgian   
Fante   

Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands   
Ghana   

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00   
18
1,900,000.00   
15

Total No. Of Dialects
7   
7
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million   
38
11.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.32 %   
38
0.17 %   
99+

Native Speakers
22.00 million   
35
11.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
6.00 million   
25
Not Available   

Native Name
Nederlands   
Akan   

Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands   
Not Available   

French Name
néerlandais; flamand   
akan   

German Name
Niederländisch   
Akan-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Dutch people   
Akan people   

History

Origin
AD 450-500   
15   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Not Available   

Branch
Western   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Dutch   
Akan   

Language Position
48   
35
104   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
nl   
ak   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nld   
aka   

ISO 639 2/B
dut   
aka   

ISO 639 3
nld   
aka   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mode1257   
akan1251   

Linguasphere
52-ACB-a   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Not Available   

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Dutch and Akan Language History

Comparison of Dutch vs Akan language history gives us differences between origin of Dutch and Akan language. History of Dutch language states that this language originated in AD 450-500 whereas history of Akan language states that this language originated in 15. 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 Dutch and Akan Language History.

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

Dutch vs Akan Difficulty

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

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