Countries
Ghana, Ivory coast
  
Vietnam
  
National Language
Ghana
  
Vietnam
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Benin, United States of America
  
Czech Republic
  
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.
  
- The vocabulary of Vietnamese language is influenced by Chinese Language.
- The only language in East Asia that uses the Latin alphabet is Vietnamese.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Chinese Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Chinese Language
  
Alphabets in
Akan-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Vietnamese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ete-sen
  
Xin chào
  
Thank You
meda ase
  
Cam on
  
How Are You?
wo ho te sɛn?
  
Bạn khỏe không?
  
Good Night
maadwo
  
Chúc ngủ ngon
  
Good Evening
maadwo
  
Chào buổi tối
  
Good Afternoon
maaha
  
Chào buổi trưa
  
Good Morning
maakye
  
Chào buổi sáng
  
Please
wae
  
xin vui lòng
  
Sorry
Kafra
  
Xin lỗi
  
Bye
bye
  
Tạm biệt
  
I Love You
Me doכ wo
  
tôi yêu bạn
  
Excuse Me
mepa wo kyɛw
  
Xin loi
  
Dialect 1
Asante
  
Northern Vietnamese
  
Where They Speak
Ghana
  
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac
  
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00
  
13
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Akuapem
  
North-central Vietnamese
  
Where They Speak
Ghana
  
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa
  
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00
  
10
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Fante
  
Mid-Central Vietnamese
  
Where They Speak
Ghana
  
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien
  
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00
  
15
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
11.00 million
  
99+
91.00 million
  
16
Native Speakers
11.00 million
  
99+
75.00 million
  
14
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
16.00 million
  
17
Native Name
Akan
  
tiếng việt (㗂越)
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet
  
French Name
akan
  
vietnamien
  
German Name
Akan-Sprache
  
Vietnamesisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern)
[tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)
  
Ethnicity
Akan people
  
Vietnamese (Kinh) people
  
Origin
15
  
c. 1440
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Austroasiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese
  
Standard Forms
Akan
  
Standard Vietnamese
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Vietnamese sign languages
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ak
  
vi
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
aka
  
vie
  
ISO 639 2/B
aka
  
vie
  
ISO 639 3
aka
  
vie
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
akan1251
  
viet1252
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
46-EBA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Analytic, Isolating
  
Akan and Vietnamese 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 Vietnamese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Akan and Vietnamese language. Akan word for "Hello" is ete-sen or Vietnamese word for "Thank You" is Cam on. Find more of such common Akan Greetings and Vietnamese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Akan vs Vietnamese Difficulty
The Akan vs Vietnamese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Akan Alphabets and Vietnamese 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 Vietnamese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Akan and Vietnamese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Akan is 44 weeks while to learn Vietnamese time required is 44 weeks.