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Countries

Countries

Ghana, Ivory coast
European Union, Malta

Total No. Of Countries

22
0 46
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National Language

Ghana
Malta

Second Language

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

Speaking Continents

Africa
Europe

Minority Language

Benin, United States of America
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America

Regulated By

Akan Orthography Committee
National Council for the Maltese Language

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.
  • Maltese language is the only semitic language written in Latin characters.
  • Maltese language has borrowed many loan words from English, Italian and French.

Similar To

Ewe and Ga-Dangme Languages
Western Arabic Dialects

Derived From

-
Roman Languages

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2130
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

106
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1624
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

36
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks30 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

ete-sen
Ħello

Thank You

meda ase
Grazzi

How Are You?

wo ho te sɛn?
Kif int?

Good Night

maadwo
Il-Lejla it-tajba

Good Evening

maadwo
Il-Lejla it-tajba

Good Afternoon

maaha
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb

Good Morning

maakye
L-għodwa t-tajba

Please

wae
Jekk jogħġbok

Sorry

Kafra
Skużani!

Bye

bye
Ċaw

I Love You

Me doכ wo
Inħobbok ħafna

Excuse Me

mepa wo kyɛw
Skużi!

Dialects

Dialect 1

Asante
Qormi

Where They Speak

Ghana
Malta

How Many People Speak

9,000,000.00520,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Akuapem
Żejtun

Where They Speak

Ghana
Malta

How Many People Speak

9,000,000.00500,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Fante
Not Present

Where They Speak

Ghana
-

How Many People Speak

1,900,000.00500,000.00
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 million0.52 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.17 %0.02 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

11.00 million0.52 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

21.00 million0.50 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Akan
Malti

Alternative Names

Twi, Fante
Malti

French Name

akan
maltais

German Name

Akan-Sprache
Maltesisch

Pronunciation

[ˈaːkã]
[mɔːltiːz]

Ethnicity

Akan people
Maltese

History

Origin

15
c. 1470

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family
Afro-Asiatic Family

Subgroup

-
Semitic

Branch

-
North Abric

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

Akan
Maltese

Language Position

10425
1 120
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Signed Forms

Akan Sign Language
Maltese Sign Language

Scope

Macrolanguage
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ak
mt

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

aka
mlt

ISO 639 2/B

aka
mlt

ISO 639 3

aka
mlt

ISO 639 6

aka
mlt

Glottocode

akan1251
malt1254

Linguasphere

No data available
12-AAC-c

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

-
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

-
Synthetic

Akan and Maltese Alphabets

Akan and Maltese Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Akan and Maltese. In Akan Alphabets there are 21 letters while in Maltese Alphabets there are 30 letters. To learn Akan and Maltese languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Akan and Maltese 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 Maltese greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Akan and Maltese are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Akan and Maltese Speaking population

Akan and Maltese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Akan and Maltese languages can be compared. The total count of Akan and Maltese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Akan language is 0.17 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Maltese language is 0.02 %. 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 Maltese on Akan vs Maltese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Akan and Maltese Language Codes

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