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Akan vs 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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Swedish and Akan Language History

Comparison of Swedish vs Akan language history gives us differences between origin of Swedish and Akan language. History of Swedish language states that this language originated in 13th Century 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 Swedish and Akan Language History.

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

Swedish vs Akan Difficulty

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

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