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Akan vs Indonesian


Indonesian vs Akan


Countries

Countries
Ghana, Ivory coast  
Indonesia  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Ghana  
Indonesia  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
East Timor, Indonesia  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia  

Minority Language
Benin, United States of America  
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands  

Regulated By
Akan Orthography Committee  
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa  

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.
  
  • The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
  • In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
  

Similar To
Ewe and Ga-Dangme Languages  
Malay language  

Derived From
-  
Malay and Dutch Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21  
3
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
6  
3

How Many Consonants
16  
6
19  
9

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
7  
6

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
36 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
ete-sen  
Halo  

Thank You
meda ase  
Terima kasih  

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

Good Night
maadwo  
Selamat Malam  

Good Evening
maadwo  
Malam yang baik  

Good Afternoon
maaha  
Selamat Sore  

Good Morning
maakye  
Selamat Pagi  

Please
wae  
mohon Untuk  

Sorry
Kafra  
maaf  

Bye
bye  
Selamat tinggal  

I Love You
Me doכ wo  
Aku cinta kamu  

Excuse Me
mepa wo kyɛw  
Permisi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Asante  
Sundanese  

Where They Speak
Ghana  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00  
39
38,000,000.00  
19

Dialect 2
Akuapem  
Balinese  

Where They Speak
Ghana  
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida  

How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00  
38
3,300,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Fante  
Minangkabau  

Where They Speak
Ghana  
Indonesia, Malaysia  

How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00  
99+
6,000,000.00  
34

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
46  
30

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
11.00 million  
99+
163.00 million  
11

Speaking Population
0.17 %  
99+
1.16 %  
15

Native Speakers
11.00 million  
99+
23.00 million  
34

Second Language Speakers
21.00 million  
29
140.00 million  
4

Native Name
Akan  
Bahasa Melayu  

Alternative Names
Twi, Fante  
Bahasa Indonesia  

French Name
akan  
indonésien  

German Name
Akan-Sprache  
Bahasa Indonesia  

Pronunciation
[ˈaːkã]  
[bahaˈsa indoneˈsia]  

Ethnicity
Akan people  
Indonesians  

History

Origin
15  
7th Century  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
-  
Indonesian  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Malay  

Standard Forms
Akan  
Indonesian  

Language Position
104  
99+
56  
99+

Signed Forms
Akan Sign Language  
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ak  
id  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
aka  
ind  

ISO 639 2/B
aka  
ind  

ISO 639 3
aka  
ind  

ISO 639 6
aka  
ind  

Glottocode
akan1251  
indo1316  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Agglutinative  

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Akan and Indonesian Language History

Comparison of Akan vs Indonesian language history gives us differences between origin of Akan and Indonesian language. History of Akan language states that this language originated in 15 whereas history of Indonesian language states that this language originated in 7th Century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Akan and Indonesian Language History.

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Akan and Indonesian Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Akan and Indonesian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Akan and Indonesian language. Akan word for "Hello" is ete-sen or Indonesian word for "Thank You" is Terima kasih. Find more of such common Akan Greetings and Indonesian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Akan vs Indonesian Difficulty

The Akan vs Indonesian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Akan Alphabets and Indonesian Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Akan and Indonesian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Akan and Indonesian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Akan is 44 weeks while to learn Indonesian time required is 36 weeks.

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