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Countries

Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan  
Ghana, Ivory coast  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
2  
13

National Language
China, Taiwan  
Ghana  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa  

Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia  
Benin, United States of America  

Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council  
Akan Orthography Committee  

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • 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.
  

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Derived From
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Alphabets

Alphabets in
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Akan-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
26  
8
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
24  
19
10  
7

How Many Consonants
23  
13
16  
6

Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)  
ete-sen  

Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)  
meda ase  

How Are You?
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)  
wo ho te sɛn?  

Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)  
maadwo  

Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)  
maadwo  

Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)  
maaha  

Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)  
maakye  

Please
请 (Qǐng)  
wae  

Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)  
Kafra  

Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)  
bye  

I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)  
Me doכ wo  

Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)  
mepa wo kyɛw  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mandarin  
Asante  

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan  
Ghana  

How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00  
1
9,000,000.00  
13

Dialect 2
Wu  
Akuapem  

Where They Speak
China, United States of America  
Ghana  

How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00  
1
9,000,000.00  
10

Dialect 3
Yue  
Fante  

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam  
Ghana  

How Many People Speak
60,000,000.00  
2
1,900,000.00  
15

Total No. Of Dialects
10  
10
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million  
2
11.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
16.00 %  
2
0.17 %  
99+

Native Speakers
873.00 million  
1
11.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
178.00 million  
3
Not Available  

Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)  
Akan  

Alternative Names
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French Name
chinois  
akan  

German Name
Chinesisch  
Akan-Sprache  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
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Ethnicity
Han  
Akan people  

History

Origin
1250 BC  
15  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
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Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Chinese  
Akan  

Language Position
1  
1
104  
99+

Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
zh  
ak  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zho  
aka  

ISO 639 2/B
chi  
aka  

ISO 639 3
zho  
aka  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
sini1245  
akan1251  

Linguasphere
79-AAA  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
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Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
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Chinese and Akan Language History

Comparison of Chinese vs Akan language history gives us differences between origin of Chinese and Akan language. History of Chinese language states that this language originated in 1250 BC whereas history of Akan language states that this language originated in 15. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Chinese and Akan Language History.

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Chinese and Akan 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 Chinese and Akan greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Chinese and Akan language. Chinese word for "Hello" is 您好 (Nín hǎo) or Akan word for "Thank You" is meda ase. Find more of such common Chinese Greetings and Akan Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Chinese vs Akan Difficulty

The Chinese vs Akan difficulty level basically depends on the number of Chinese Alphabets and Akan 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 Chinese and Akan are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Chinese and Akan, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Chinese is 88 weeks while to learn Akan time required is 44 weeks.

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