Cantonese and Akan
Countries
Hong Kong, Macau
Ghana, Ivory coast
National Language
China, Guangdong
Ghana
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Hawaii
Benin, United States of America
Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
Akan Orthography Committee
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.
Similar To
Chinese Language
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Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
How Are You?
你好吗？
wo ho te sɛn?
Excuse Me
原谅我
mepa wo kyɛw
Dialect 1
Guangzhou
Asante
Where They Speak
outside mainland China
Ghana
How Many People Speak
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Where They Speak
Hong Kong
Ghana
How Many People Speak
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Dialect 3
Hong Kong
Fante
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
Ghana
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa
Akan
Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
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French Name
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akan
German Name
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Akan-Sprache
Pronunciation
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Ethnicity
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Akan people
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
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Branch
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Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese
Akan
Language Position
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Signed Forms
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Scope
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Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
No data available
ak
ISO 639 2/T
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aka
ISO 639 2/B
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aka
ISO 639 3
No data available
aka
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
cant1236
akan1251
Linguasphere
No data available
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Language Type
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Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
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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.