Countries
Ghana, Ivory coast
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
Total No. Of Countries
25
0
46
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National Language
Ghana
North Korea, South Korea
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
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
Regulated By
Akan Orthography Committee
The National Institute of the Korean Language
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.
- Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
- Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
Similar To
Ewe and Ga-Dangme Languages
Chinese and Japanese languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2140
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
1021
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1619
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Hangul
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks88 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ete-sen
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
Thank You
meda ase
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
How Are You?
wo ho te sɛn?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
Good Night
maadwo
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
Good Evening
maadwo
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
Good Afternoon
maaha
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
Good Morning
maakye
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
Please
wae
하십시오 (hasibsio)
Sorry
Kafra
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
Bye
bye
안녕 (annyeong)
I Love You
Me doכ wo
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
Excuse Me
mepa wo kyɛw
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Dialect 1
Asante
Jeju
Where They Speak
Ghana
South Korea
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.0010,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Akuapem
Gyeongsang
Where They Speak
Ghana
South Korea
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.0010,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Fante
Hamgyŏng
Where They Speak
Ghana
China, North Korea
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.0077,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
312
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
11.00 million77.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.17 %1.14 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
11.00 million77.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
21.00 million77.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Akan
한국어 (조선말)
Alternative Names
Twi, Fante
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
French Name
akan
coréen
German Name
Akan-Sprache
Koreanisch
Pronunciation
[ˈaːkã]
[hangukmal]
Ethnicity
Akan people
Koreans
Origin
15
Before 1st century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Koreanic Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
Standard Forms
Akan
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Language Position
10412
1
120
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Signed Forms
Akan Sign Language
Korean Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
ak
ko
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
aka
kor
ISO 639 2/B
aka
kor
ISO 639 3
aka
Kor
ISO 639 6
aka
kor
Glottocode
akan1251
kore1280
Linguasphere
No data available
45-AAA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Agglutinative