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Akan vs Japanese


Countries

Countries
Japan  
Ghana, Ivory coast  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Japan  
Ghana  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific  
Africa  

Minority Language
Palau  
Benin, United States of America  

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

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Korean Language  
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Derived From
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Alphabets

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

Alphabets
99  
40
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
10  
7

How Many Consonants
14  
4
16  
6

Scripts
Kana  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)  
ete-sen  

Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)  
meda ase  

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

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

Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)  
maadwo  

Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)  
maaha  

Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)  
maakye  

Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)  
wae  

Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)  
Kafra  

Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)  
bye  

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

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

Dialects

Dialect 1
Sanuki  
Asante  

Where They Speak
Kagawa  
Ghana  

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

Dialect 2
Hakata  
Akuapem  

Where They Speak
Fukuoka  
Ghana  

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

Dialect 3
Kansai  
Fante  

Where They Speak
kansai  
Ghana  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
31  
25
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
1.90 %  
10
0.17 %  
99+

Native Speakers
128.00 million  
9
11.00 million  
99+

Native Name
日本語  
Akan  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Not Available  

French Name
japonais  
akan  

German Name
Japanisch  
Akan-Sprache  

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

Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)  
Akan people  

History

Origin
1185  
15  

Language Family
Japonic Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Japanese  
Akan  

Language Position
8  
8
104  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Japanese  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
ja  
ak  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
jpn  
aka  

ISO 639 2/B
jpn  
aka  

ISO 639 3
jpn  
aka  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
nucl1643  
akan1251  

Linguasphere
45-CAA-a  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
Not Available  

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Japanese and Akan Language History

Comparison of Japanese vs Akan language history gives us differences between origin of Japanese and Akan language. History of Japanese language states that this language originated in 1185 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 Japanese and Akan Language History.

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Japanese 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 Japanese and Akan greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Japanese and Akan language. Japanese word for "Hello" is こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa) or Akan word for "Thank You" is meda ase. Find more of such common Japanese Greetings and Akan Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Japanese vs Akan Difficulty

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

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