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Akan and Malaysian


Malaysian and Akan


Countries

Countries
Ghana, Ivory coast  
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
3  
12

National Language
Ghana  
Malaysia  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Indonesia  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia  

Minority Language
Benin, United States of America  
Thailand  

Regulated By
Akan Orthography Committee  
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka  

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.
  
  • One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
  • Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
  

Similar To
Ewe and Ga-Dangme Languages  
Indonesian Language  

Derived From
-  
Tamil Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21  
3
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
6  
3

How Many Consonants
16  
6
24  
14

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
36 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
ete-sen  
Hai  

Thank You
meda ase  
terima kasih  

How Are You?
wo ho te sɛn?  
Apa khabar?  

Good Night
maadwo  
Selamat Malam  

Good Evening
maadwo  
Selamat Petang  

Good Afternoon
maaha  
Selamat tengah hari  

Good Morning
maakye  
Selamat pagi  

Please
wae  
sila  

Sorry
Kafra  
maaf  

Bye
bye  
Selamat tinggal  

I Love You
Me doכ wo  
Saya sayang kamu  

Excuse Me
mepa wo kyɛw  
Maafkan saya  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Asante  
Bengkulu  

Where They Speak
Ghana  
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra  

How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00  
39
1,600,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Akuapem  
Pekal  

Where They Speak
Ghana  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00  
38
30,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Fante  
Musi  

Where They Speak
Ghana  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00  
99+
3,100,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
24  
20

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
11.00 million  
99+
175.00 million  
10

Speaking Population
0.17 %  
99+
1.16 %  
15

Native Speakers
11.00 million  
99+
77.00 million  
12

Second Language Speakers
21.00 million  
29
98.00 million  
8

Native Name
Akan  
Bahasa melayu  

Alternative Names
Twi, Fante  
Bahasa Malaysia  

French Name
akan  
malais  

German Name
Akan-Sprache  
Malaiisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈaːkã]  
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]  

Ethnicity
Akan people  
Malaysian people  

History

Origin
15  
c. 683 AD  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,  

Standard Forms
Akan  
Pluricentric Standard Malay  

Language Position
104  
99+
54  
99+

Signed Forms
Akan Sign Language  
Malaysian Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ak  
ms  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
aka  
msa  

ISO 639 2/B
aka  
may  

ISO 639 3
aka  
zsm  

ISO 639 6
aka  
may  

Glottocode
akan1251  
stan1306  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Agglutinative  

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

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Akan and Malaysian Speaking population

Akan and Malaysian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Akan and Malaysian languages can be compared. The total count of Akan and Malaysian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Akan language is 0.17 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Malaysian language is 1.16 %. 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 Malaysian on Akan vs Malaysian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Akan and Malaysian Language Codes

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

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