Countries
Japan
Ghana, Ivory coast
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Japan
Ghana
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific
Africa
Minority Language
Palau
Benin, United States of America
Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
Akan Orthography Committee
Interesting Facts
- In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
- 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
Korean Language
Ewe and Ga-Dangme Languages
Derived From
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-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
9921
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
510
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1416
9
60
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Scripts
Kana
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
53
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
ete-sen
Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)
meda ase
How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
wo ho te sɛn?
Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
maadwo
Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
maadwo
Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
maaha
Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)
maakye
Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
wae
Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
Kafra
Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)
bye
I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
Me doכ wo
Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)
mepa wo kyɛw
Dialect 1
Sanuki
Asante
Where They Speak
Kagawa
Ghana
How Many People Speak
1,000,000.009,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Hakata
Akuapem
Where They Speak
Fukuoka
Ghana
How Many People Speak
127,000,000.009,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Kansai
Fante
Where They Speak
kansai
Ghana
How Many People Speak
127,000,000.001,900,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
313
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
128.00 million11.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.90 %0.17 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
128.00 million11.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million21.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
日本語
Akan
Alternative Names
Nihongo
Twi, Fante
French Name
japonais
akan
German Name
Japanisch
Akan-Sprache
Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
[ˈaːkã]
Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)
Akan people
Origin
1185
15
Language Family
Japonic Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
No early forms
Standard Forms
Japanese
Akan
Language Position
8104
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Japanese
Akan Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
ja
ak
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
jpn
aka
ISO 639 2/B
jpn
aka
ISO 639 3
jpn
aka
ISO 639 6
jpn
aka
Glottocode
nucl1643
akan1251
Linguasphere
45-CAA-a
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
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