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Akan vs Malaysian


Malaysian vs 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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Akan and Malaysian Language History

Comparison of Akan vs Malaysian language history gives us differences between origin of Akan and Malaysian language. History of Akan language states that this language originated in 15 whereas history of Malaysian language states that this language originated in c. 683 AD. 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 Malaysian Language History.

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Akan and Malaysian 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 Malaysian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Akan and Malaysian language. Akan word for "Hello" is ete-sen or Malaysian word for "Thank You" is terima kasih. Find more of such common Akan Greetings and Malaysian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Akan vs Malaysian Difficulty

The Akan vs Malaysian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Akan Alphabets and Malaysian 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 Malaysian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Akan and Malaysian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Akan is 44 weeks while to learn Malaysian time required is 36 weeks.

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