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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
Not Available   
Indonesian Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
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   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
36 weeks   
10

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   
13
1,600,000.00   
25

Dialect 2
Akuapem   
Pekal   

Where They Speak
Ghana   
Indonesia   

How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00   
10
30,000.00   
40

Dialect 3
Fante   
Musi   

Where They Speak
Ghana   
Indonesia   

How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00   
15
3,100,000.00   
11

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 %   
14

Native Speakers
11.00 million   
99+
77.00 million   
12

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
98.00 million   
8

Native Name
Akan   
Bahasa melayu   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Not Available   

French Name
akan   
malais   

German Name
Akan-Sprache   
Malaiisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]   

Ethnicity
Akan people   
Not Available   

History

Origin
15   
c. 683 AD   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

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   
39

Signed Forms
Not Available   
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
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
akan1251   
stan1306   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
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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