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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Hong Kong, Macau
Ghana, Ivory coast
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
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2
Rank: 13 (Overall)
2
Rank: 13 (Overall)
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1.3 National Language
China, Guangdong
Ghana
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
1.6 Minority Language
Hawaii
Benin, United States of America
1.7 Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
Akan Orthography Committee
1.8 Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  • 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.
1.9 Similar To
Chinese Language
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1.10 Derived From
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2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
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28
Rank: 10 (Overall)
21
Rank: 3 (Overall)
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2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
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8
Rank: 5 (Overall)
10
Rank: 7 (Overall)
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2.3.2 How Many Consonants
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20
Rank: 10 (Overall)
16
Rank: 6 (Overall)
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2.4 Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Latin
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
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Rank: 8 (Overall)
3
Rank: 2 (Overall)
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2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
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88 weeks
Rank: 13 (Overall)
44 weeks
Rank: 11 (Overall)
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3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
您好
ete-sen
3.2 Thank You
谢谢
meda ase
3.3 How Are You?
你好吗?
wo ho te sɛn?
3.4 Good Night
晚安
maadwo
3.5 Good Evening
晚上好
maadwo
3.6 Good Afternoon
下午好
maaha
3.7 Good Morning
早上好
maakye
3.8 Please
wae
3.9 Sorry
遗憾
Kafra
3.10 Bye
再见
bye
3.11 I Love You
我爱你
Me doכ wo
3.12 Excuse Me
原谅我
mepa wo kyɛw
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Guangzhou
Asante
4.1.1 Where They Speak
outside mainland China
Ghana
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
9,000,000.00
Rank: 13 (Overall)
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4.2 Dialect 2
Xiguan
Akuapem
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Hong Kong
Ghana
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
9,000,000.00
Rank: 10 (Overall)
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4.3 Dialect 3
Hong Kong
Fante
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Hong Kong
Ghana
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
1,900,000.00
Rank: 15 (Overall)
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4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
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3
Rank: 3 (Overall)
3
Rank: 3 (Overall)
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5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
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60.00 million
Rank: 27 (Overall)
11.00 million
Rank: 51 (Overall)
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5.2 Speaking Population
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16.00 %
Rank: 2 (Overall)
0.17 %
Rank: 47 (Overall)
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5.3 Native Speakers
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52.00 million
Rank: 21 (Overall)
11.00 million
Rank: 45 (Overall)
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5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
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5.3.2 Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa
Akan
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
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5.3.4 French Name
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akan
5.3.5 German Name
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Akan-Sprache
5.4 Pronunciation
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5.5 Ethnicity
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Akan people
6 History
6.1 Origin
17th century
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6.2 Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Niger-Congo Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
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6.2.2 Branch
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6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese
Akan
6.3.3 Language Position
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Rank: 66 (Overall)
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6.3.4 Signed Forms
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6.4 Scope
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Macrolanguage
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
No data available
ak
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
Not Available
aka
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
Not Available
aka
7.3 ISO 639 3
No data available
aka
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
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7.5 Glottocode
cant1236
akan1251
7.6 Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
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Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
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7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
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Cantonese and Akan Alphabets

Cantonese and Akan Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Cantonese and Akan. In Cantonese Alphabets there are 28 letters while in Akan Alphabets there are 21 letters. To learn Cantonese and Akan languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Cantonese and Akan languages. The Cantonese phonology consist Cantonese vowels and Cantonese consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Cantonese greetings vs Akan greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Cantonese and Akan are Most Spoken Languages.

All Cantonese and Akan 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 Cantonese and Akan dialects. Various dialects of Cantonese and Akan language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Cantonese are spoken in different Cantonese Speaking Countries whereas Akan Dialects are spoken in different Akan speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Cantonese vs Akan Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou, Xiguan. Akan dialects include: Asante , Akuapem. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Cantonese and Akan Speaking population

Cantonese and Akan speaking population is one of the factors based on which Cantonese and Akan languages can be compared. The total count of Cantonese and Akan Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Akan language is 0.17 %. 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 Cantonese and Akan on Cantonese vs Akan where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Cantonese and Akan Language Codes

Cantonese and Akan language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Cantonese and Akan Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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