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Countries

Countries

Ghana, Ivory coast
Madagascar

Total No. Of Countries

21
0 46
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National Language

Ghana
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Africa
Africa

Minority Language

Benin, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

Akan Orthography Committee
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Interesting Facts

  • 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.
  • Malagasy language was originated in southeast Asia, since it shares several common words and meanings with Indonesian Languages.
  • About 93% of the basic vocabulary is of Malayo-Polynesian origin in Malagasy language.

Similar To

Ewe and Ga-Dangme Languages
Swahili and Comorian Languages

Derived From

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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2121
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

105
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1620
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn

Language Levels

33
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks30 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

ete-sen
Salama!

Thank You

meda ase
Misaotra

How Are You?

wo ho te sɛn?
Manao ahoana!

Good Night

maadwo
Alina tsara

Good Evening

maadwo
Manao ahoana e

Good Afternoon

maaha
Manao ahoana e

Good Morning

maakye
Maraina tsara

Please

wae
azafady

Sorry

Kafra
Miala tsiny

Bye

bye
Veloma!

I Love You

Me doכ wo
Tiako ianao.

Excuse Me

mepa wo kyɛw
Azafady

Dialects

Dialect 1

Asante
Eastern Malagasy

Where They Speak

Ghana
Merina

How Many People Speak

9,000,000.005,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Akuapem
Western Malagasy

Where They Speak

Ghana
Sakalava

How Many People Speak

9,000,000.001,200,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Fante
Plateau Malagasy

Where They Speak

Ghana
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How Many People Speak

1,900,000.0020,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

32
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

11.00 million25.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.17 %0.28 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

11.00 million18.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

21.00 million18.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Akan
Fiteny Malagasy

Alternative Names

Twi, Fante
Malagasy Sign Language

French Name

akan
malgache

German Name

Akan-Sprache
Malagassi-Sprache

Pronunciation

[ˈaːkã]
[ˌmæləˈɡæsi]

Ethnicity

Akan people
Malagasy people

History

Origin

15
1000 AD

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family
Austronesian Family

Subgroup

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Austronesian

Branch

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Indonesian

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

Akan
standard Malagasy

Language Position

10484
1 120
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Signed Forms

Akan Sign Language
Malagasy Sign Language

Scope

Macrolanguage
Macrolanguage

Code

ISO 639 1

ak
mg

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

aka
mlg

ISO 639 2/B

aka
mlg

ISO 639 3

aka
mlg

ISO 639 6

aka
mlg

Glottocode

akan1251
mala1537

Linguasphere

No data available
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

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Verb-Object-Subject

Language Morphological Typology

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Akan and Malagasy Alphabets

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

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

Akan and Malagasy Speaking population

Akan and Malagasy speaking population is one of the factors based on which Akan and Malagasy languages can be compared. The total count of Akan and Malagasy Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Akan language is 0.17 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Malagasy language is 0.28 %. 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 Akan and Malagasy on Akan vs Malagasy where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Akan and Malagasy Language Codes

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