Chinese and Akan
Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
Ghana, Ivory coast
National Language
China, Taiwan
Ghana
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia
Benin, United States of America
Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
Akan Orthography Committee
Interesting Facts
- Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
- In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
- 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
Japanese and Korean Languages
Ewe and Ga-Dangme Languages
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
Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)
ete-sen
Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
meda ase
How Are You?
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
wo ho te sɛn?
Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
maadwo
Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
maadwo
Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
maaha
Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)
maakye
I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Me doכ wo
Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)
mepa wo kyɛw
Dialect 1
Mandarin
Asante
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
Ghana
Where They Speak
China, United States of America
Ghana
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
Ghana
Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)
Akan
Alternative Names
Zhongwen, Hanyu
Twi, Fante
German Name
Chinesisch
Akan-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ʈʂʰíŋ] [huà]
[ˈaːkã]
Ethnicity
Han
Akan people
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Niger-Congo Family
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Chinese
Akan
Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Akan Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
Glottocode
sini1245
akan1251
Linguasphere
79-AAA
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
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All Chinese 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 Chinese and Akan dialects. Various dialects of Chinese and Akan language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Chinese are spoken in different Chinese Speaking Countries whereas Akan Dialects are spoken in different Akan speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Chinese vs Akan Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Chinese dialects include: Mandarin, Wu. Akan dialects include: Asante , Akuapem. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Chinese and Akan Speaking population
Chinese and Akan speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chinese and Akan languages can be compared. The total count of Chinese and Akan Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chinese 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 Chinese and Akan on Chinese vs Akan where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Chinese and Akan Language Codes
Chinese and Akan language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Chinese and Akan Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.