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Swedish and Akan


Akan and Swedish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden   
Ghana, Ivory coast   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
2   
13

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

Alphabets in
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200   
Akan-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
29   
11
21   
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
10   
7

How Many Consonants
18   
8
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
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   

Dialects

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

Total No. Of Dialects
79   
33
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.13 %   
99+
0.17 %   
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   

History

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   

Language Position
89   
99+
104   
99+

Signed Forms
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

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   

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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.

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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.

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