Akan and Chinese
Countries
Ghana, Ivory coast
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
National Language
Ghana
China, Taiwan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Benin, United States of America
Indonesia, Malaysia
Regulated By
Akan Orthography Committee
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
Interesting Facts
- 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.
- Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
- In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
Similar To
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Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Latin
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hello
ete-sen
您好 (Nín hǎo)
Thank You
meda ase
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
How Are You?
wo ho te sɛn?
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Good Night
maadwo
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
Good Evening
maadwo
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
Good Afternoon
maaha
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
Good Morning
maakye
早安 (Zǎo ān)
I Love You
Me doכ wo
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Excuse Me
mepa wo kyɛw
劳驾 (Láojià)
Dialect 1
Asante
Mandarin
Where They Speak
Ghana
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
Where They Speak
Ghana
China, United States of America
Where They Speak
Ghana
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
Second Language Speakers
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Native Name
Akan
中文 (zhōngwén)
Alternative Names
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German Name
Akan-Sprache
Chinesisch
Pronunciation
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Ethnicity
Akan people
Han
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
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Branch
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Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Akan
Standard Chinese
Signed Forms
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Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
akan1251
sini1245
Linguasphere
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79-AAA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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Analytic, Isolating
All Akan and Chinese 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 Akan and Chinese dialects. Various dialects of Akan and Chinese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Akan are spoken in different Akan Speaking Countries whereas Chinese Dialects are spoken in different Chinese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Akan vs Chinese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Akan dialects include: Asante, Akuapem. Chinese dialects include: Mandarin , Wu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Akan and Chinese Speaking population
Akan and Chinese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Akan and Chinese languages can be compared. The total count of Akan and Chinese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Akan language is 0.17 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Chinese language is 16.00 %. 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 Akan and Chinese on Akan vs Chinese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Akan and Chinese Language Codes
Akan and Chinese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Akan and Chinese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.
