Countries
Ghana, Ivory coast
  
Japan
  
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
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Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Kana
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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)
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
11.00 million
  
99+
128.00 million
  
14
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)
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Japanese
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
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
  
Akan and Japanese 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 Japanese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Akan and Japanese language. Akan word for "Hello" is ete-sen or Japanese word for "Thank You" is ありがとう (Arigatō). Find more of such common Akan Greetings and Japanese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Akan vs Japanese Difficulty
The Akan vs Japanese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Akan Alphabets and Japanese 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 Japanese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Akan and Japanese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Akan is 44 weeks while to learn Japanese time required is 88 weeks.