Countries
Ghana, Ivory coast
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Total No. Of Countries
23
0
46
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National Language
Ghana
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Benin, United States of America
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Regulated By
Akan Orthography Committee
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
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.
- Malayalam language has 54 literals. Same sounds have different versions to it.
- Malayalam script is reffered as "Rod Script" and it is derived from the Grantha script, which was developed from Indic script of Brahmi.
Similar To
Ewe and Ga-Dangme Languages
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Derived From
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2153
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1015
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1641
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Brahmic family and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
32
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ete-sen
ഹലോ (halēā)
Thank You
meda ase
നന്ദി (nandi)
How Are You?
wo ho te sɛn?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
Good Night
maadwo
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
Good Evening
maadwo
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
Good Afternoon
maaha
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
Good Morning
maakye
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
Please
wae
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
Sorry
Kafra
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
Bye
bye
വിട (viṭa)
I Love You
Me doכ wo
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
Excuse Me
mepa wo kyɛw
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
Dialect 1
Asante
Judeo-Malayalam
Where They Speak
Ghana
Israel, kerala
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.0038,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Akuapem
Mappila
Where They Speak
Ghana
India
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.0038,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Fante
Pandy Malayalam
Where They Speak
Ghana
France, kerala
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.0038,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
33
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
11.00 million38.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.17 %0.57 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
11.00 million38.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
21.00 million38.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Akan
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
Alternative Names
Twi, Fante
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
French Name
akan
malayalam
German Name
Akan-Sprache
Malayalam
Pronunciation
[ˈaːkã]
[mɐləjaːɭɐm]
Ethnicity
Akan people
Malayali
Origin
15
9th Century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early form
Standard Forms
Akan
Malayalam
Language Position
10429
1
120
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Signed Forms
Akan Sign Language
Signed Malayalam
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
ak
ml
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
aka
mal
ISO 639 2/B
aka
mal
ISO 639 3
aka
mal
ISO 639 6
aka
mal
Glottocode
akan1251
mala1464
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
Synthetic