Akan and Cantonese
Countries
Ghana, Ivory coast
Hong Kong, Macau
National Language
Ghana
China, Guangdong
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Benin, United States of America
Hawaii
Regulated By
Akan Orthography Committee
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
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.
- Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
- Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
Similar To
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Chinese Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Latin
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
How Are You?
wo ho te sɛn?
你好吗？
Excuse Me
mepa wo kyɛw
原谅我
Dialect 1
Asante
Guangzhou
Where They Speak
Ghana
outside mainland China
How Many People Speak
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Where They Speak
Ghana
Hong Kong
How Many People Speak
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Dialect 3
Fante
Hong Kong
Where They Speak
Ghana
Hong Kong
How Many People Speak
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Native Name
Akan
Kwang Tung Wa
Alternative Names
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Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
French Name
akan
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German Name
Akan-Sprache
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Pronunciation
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Ethnicity
Akan people
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Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
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Branch
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Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Akan
Standard Cantonese
Language Position
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Signed Forms
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Scope
Macrolanguage
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ISO 639 1
ak
No data available
ISO 639 2/T
aka
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ISO 639 2/B
aka
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ISO 639 3
aka
No data available
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
akan1251
cant1236
Linguasphere
No data available
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Language Type
Living
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Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
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All Akan and Cantonese Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Akan and Cantonese dialects. Various dialects of Akan and Cantonese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Akan are spoken in different Akan Speaking Countries whereas Cantonese Dialects are spoken in different Cantonese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Akan vs Cantonese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Akan dialects include: Asante, Akuapem. Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou , Xiguan. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Akan and Cantonese Speaking population
Akan and Cantonese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Akan and Cantonese languages can be compared. The total count of Akan and Cantonese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Akan language is 0.17 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Akan and Cantonese on Akan vs Cantonese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Akan and Cantonese Language Codes
Akan and Cantonese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Akan and Cantonese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.