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Vietnamese and Akan


Akan and Vietnamese


Countries

Countries
Vietnam  
Ghana, Ivory coast  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Vietnam  
Ghana  

Second Language
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa  

Minority Language
Czech Republic  
Benin, United States of America  

Regulated By
-  
Akan Orthography Committee  

Interesting Facts
  • The vocabulary of Vietnamese language is influenced by Chinese Language.
  • The only language in East Asia that uses the Latin alphabet is Vietnamese.
  
  • 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  
Ewe and Ga-Dangme Languages  

Derived From
Chinese Language  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Vietnamese-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Akan-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
37  
19
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
10  
7

How Many Consonants
21  
11
16  
6

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Xin chào  
ete-sen  

Thank You
Cam on  
meda ase  

How Are You?
Bạn khỏe không?  
wo ho te sɛn?  

Good Night
Chúc ngủ ngon  
maadwo  

Good Evening
Chào buổi tối  
maadwo  

Good Afternoon
Chào buổi trưa  
maaha  

Good Morning
Chào buổi sáng  
maakye  

Please
xin vui lòng  
wae  

Sorry
Xin lỗi  
Kafra  

Bye
Tạm biệt  
bye  

I Love You
tôi yêu bạn  
Me doכ wo  

Excuse Me
Xin loi  
mepa wo kyɛw  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Vietnamese  
Asante  

Where They Speak
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac  
Ghana  

How Many People Speak
76,000,000.00  
11
9,000,000.00  
39

Dialect 2
North-central Vietnamese  
Akuapem  

Where They Speak
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa  
Ghana  

How Many People Speak
76,000,000.00  
9
9,000,000.00  
38

Dialect 3
Mid-Central Vietnamese  
Fante  

Where They Speak
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien  
Ghana  

How Many People Speak
76,000,000.00  
8
1,900,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
91.00 million  
16
11.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.14 %  
17
0.17 %  
99+

Native Speakers
75.00 million  
14
11.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million  
33
21.00 million  
29

Native Name
tiếng việt (㗂越)  
Akan  

Alternative Names
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet  
Twi, Fante  

French Name
vietnamien  
akan  

German Name
Vietnamesisch  
Akan-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern) [tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)  
[ˈaːkã]  

Ethnicity
Vietnamese (Kinh) people  
Akan people  

History

Origin
c. 1440  
15  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Vietnamese  
Akan  

Language Position
14  
13
104  
99+

Signed Forms
Vietnamese sign languages  
Akan Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
vi  
ak  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
vie  
aka  

ISO 639 2/B
vie  
aka  

ISO 639 3
vie  
aka  

ISO 639 6
vie  
aka  

Glottocode
viet1252  
akan1251  

Linguasphere
46-EBA  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
-  

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

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Vietnamese and Akan Speaking population

Vietnamese and Akan speaking population is one of the factors based on which Vietnamese and Akan languages can be compared. The total count of Vietnamese and Akan Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Vietnamese language is 1.14 % 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 Vietnamese and Akan on Vietnamese vs Akan where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Vietnamese and Akan Language Codes

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

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