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Akan and Japanese


Japanese and Akan


Countries

Countries
Ghana, Ivory coast   
Japan   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Ghana   
Japan   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia, Pacific   

Minority Language
Benin, United States of America   
Palau   

Regulated By
Akan Orthography Committee   
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education   

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.
  
  • In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
  • There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Korean Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21   
3
99   
40

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
5   
2

How Many Consonants
16   
6
14   
4

Scripts
Latin   
Kana   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
ete-sen   
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)   

Thank You
meda ase   
ありがとう (Arigatō)   

How Are You?
wo ho te sɛn?   
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)   

Good Night
maadwo   
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)   

Good Evening
maadwo   
こんばんは (Konbanwa)   

Good Afternoon
maaha   
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)   

Good Morning
maakye   
おはよう (Ohayō)   

Please
wae   
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)   

Sorry
Kafra   
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)   

Bye
bye   
さようなら (Sayōnara)   

I Love You
Me doכ wo   
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)   

Excuse Me
mepa wo kyɛw   
すみません (Sumimasen)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Asante   
Sanuki   

Where They Speak
Ghana   
Kagawa   

How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00   
13
1,000,000.00   
28

Dialect 2
Akuapem   
Hakata   

Where They Speak
Ghana   
Fukuoka   

How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00   
10
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Fante   
Kansai   

Where They Speak
Ghana   
kansai   

How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00   
15
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
31   
25

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
11.00 million   
99+
128.00 million   
14

Speaking Population
0.17 %   
99+
1.90 %   
10

Native Speakers
11.00 million   
99+
128.00 million   
9

Native Name
Akan   
日本語   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Not Available   

French Name
akan   
japonais   

German Name
Akan-Sprache   
Japanisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]   

Ethnicity
Akan people   
Japanese (Yamato)   

History

Origin
15   
1185   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Japonic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese   

Standard Forms
Akan   
Japanese   

Language Position
104   
99+
8   
8

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Japanese   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ak   
ja   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
aka   
jpn   

ISO 639 2/B
aka   
jpn   

ISO 639 3
aka   
jpn   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
akan1251   
nucl1643   

Linguasphere
No data available   
45-CAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Agglutinative, Synthetic   

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All Akan and Japanese 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 Japanese dialects. Various dialects of Akan and Japanese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Akan are spoken in different Akan Speaking Countries whereas Japanese Dialects are spoken in different Japanese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Akan vs Japanese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Akan dialects include: Asante, Akuapem. Japanese dialects include: Sanuki , Hakata. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Akan and Japanese Speaking population

Akan and Japanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Akan and Japanese languages can be compared. The total count of Akan and Japanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Akan language is 0.17 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 %. 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 Japanese on Akan vs Japanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Akan and Japanese Language Codes

Akan and Japanese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Akan and Japanese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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