Countries
Ghana, Ivory coast
  
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
  
National Language
Ghana
  
China, Gambia, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Benin, United States of America
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Akan Orthography Committee
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
- Hmong language may not be so popular at first sight, but it has rich history and various dialects are spoken by millions of people.
- Hmong language came from western part of China.
  
Similar To
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Derived From
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Alphabets in
Akan-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Hmong-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ete-sen
  
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)
  
Thank You
meda ase
  
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)
  
How Are You?
wo ho te sɛn?
  
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)
  
Good Night
maadwo
  
zoo hmo
  
Good Evening
maadwo
  
zoo yav tsaus ntuj
  
Good Afternoon
maaha
  
zoo tav su
  
Good Morning
maakye
  
zoo thaum sawv ntxov
  
Please
wae
  
thov
  
Sorry
Kafra
  
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)
  
Bye
bye
  
Not Available
  
I Love You
Me doכ wo
  
Kuv hlub koj
  
Excuse Me
mepa wo kyɛw
  
zam txim rau kuv
  
Dialect 1
Asante
  
Hmong Njua
  
Where They Speak
Ghana
  
Laos
  
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00
  
13
Dialect 2
Akuapem
  
Hmong Daw
  
Where They Speak
Ghana
  
China
  
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00
  
10
1,600,000.00
  
21
Dialect 3
Fante
  
Hmong Do
  
Where They Speak
Ghana
  
Vietnam
  
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00
  
15
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
11.00 million
  
99+
4.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
11.00 million
  
99+
3.70 million
  
99+
Native Name
Akan
  
Hmong
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Mong
  
French Name
akan
  
hmong
  
German Name
Akan-Sprache
  
Miao-Sprachen
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
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Ethnicity
Akan people
  
Hmong people
  
Origin
15
  
19
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Hmong–Mien Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
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Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Akan
  
Hmong
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
ak
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
aka
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 2/B
aka
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 3
aka
  
hmv
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
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Glottocode
akan1251
  
firs1234
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
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Language Morphological Typology
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Akan and Hmong 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 Akan and Hmong greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Akan and Hmong language. Akan word for "Hello" is ete-sen or Hmong word for "Thank You" is Ua tsaug (Oua jow). Find more of such common Akan Greetings and Hmong Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Akan vs Hmong Difficulty
The Akan vs Hmong difficulty level basically depends on the number of Akan Alphabets and Hmong 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 Akan and Hmong are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Akan and Hmong, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Akan is 44 weeks while to learn Hmong time required is 44 weeks.