Countries
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
  
Ghana, Ivory coast
  
National Language
Sweden
  
Ghana
  
Second Language
Finland
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Antartica, Europe
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Benin, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council
  
Akan Orthography Committee
  
Interesting Facts
- In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
- Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  
- 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 Danish Language
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Old Norse Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200
  
Akan-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
hej
  
ete-sen
  
Thank You
tacka dig
  
meda ase
  
How Are You?
hur mår du
  
wo ho te sɛn?
  
Good Night
godnatt
  
maadwo
  
Good Evening
god kväll
  
maadwo
  
Good Afternoon
god eftermiddag
  
maaha
  
Good Morning
god morgon
  
maakye
  
Please
vänligen
  
wae
  
Sorry
ledsen
  
Kafra
  
Bye
hej då
  
bye
  
I Love You
jag älskar dig
  
Me doכ wo
  
Excuse Me
ursäkta mig
  
mepa wo kyɛw
  
Dialect 1
Dialects
  
Asante
  
Where They Speak
Gabon
  
Ghana
  
How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00
  
6
9,000,000.00
  
13
Dialect 2
Dialects
  
Akuapem
  
Where They Speak
Georgia
  
Ghana
  
How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00
  
2
9,000,000.00
  
10
Dialect 3
Dialects
  
Fante
  
Where They Speak
France
  
Ghana
  
How Many People Speak
96,000,000.00
  
1
1,900,000.00
  
15
How Many People Speak?
15.00 million
  
99+
11.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
8.70 million
  
99+
11.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million
  
29
Not Available
  
Native Name
Svenska
  
Akan
  
Alternative Names
Ruotsi, Svenska
  
Not Available
  
French Name
suédois
  
akan
  
German Name
Schwedisch
  
Akan-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Swedes, Finland Swedes
  
Akan people
  
Origin
13th Century
  
15
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Germanic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Swedish
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Swedish
  
Akan
  
Signed Forms
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
sv
  
ak
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
swe
  
aka
  
ISO 639 2/B
swe
  
aka
  
ISO 639 3
swe
  
aka
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
swed1254
  
akan1251
  
Linguasphere
52-AAA-ck to -cw
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
All Swedish 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 Swedish and Akan dialects. Various dialects of Swedish and Akan language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Swedish are spoken in different Swedish Speaking Countries whereas Akan Dialects are spoken in different Akan speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Swedish vs Akan Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Swedish dialects include: Dialects, Dialects. Akan dialects include: Asante , Akuapem. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Swedish and Akan Speaking population
Swedish and Akan speaking population is one of the factors based on which Swedish and Akan languages can be compared. The total count of Swedish and Akan Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Swedish language is 0.13 % 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 Swedish and Akan on Swedish vs Akan where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Swedish and Akan Language Codes
Swedish and Akan language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Swedish and Akan Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.