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Indonesian vs Akan


Akan vs Indonesian


Countries

Countries
Indonesia  
Ghana, Ivory coast  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Indonesia  
Ghana  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa  

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

Regulated By
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa  
Akan Orthography Committee  

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Malay language  
Ewe and Ga-Dangme Languages  

Derived From
Malay and Dutch Languages  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
10  
7

How Many Consonants
19  
9
16  
6

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
7  
6
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
13
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Halo  
ete-sen  

Thank You
Terima kasih  
meda ase  

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

Good Night
Selamat Malam  
maadwo  

Good Evening
Malam yang baik  
maadwo  

Good Afternoon
Selamat Sore  
maaha  

Good Morning
Selamat Pagi  
maakye  

Please
mohon Untuk  
wae  

Sorry
maaf  
Kafra  

Bye
Selamat tinggal  
bye  

I Love You
Aku cinta kamu  
Me doכ wo  

Excuse Me
Permisi  
mepa wo kyɛw  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Sundanese  
Asante  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Ghana  

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

Dialect 2
Balinese  
Akuapem  

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

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

Dialect 3
Minangkabau  
Fante  

Where They Speak
Indonesia, Malaysia  
Ghana  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
46  
30
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
1.16 %  
15
0.17 %  
99+

Native Speakers
23.00 million  
34
11.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
140.00 million  
4
21.00 million  
29

Native Name
Bahasa Melayu  
Akan  

Alternative Names
Bahasa Indonesia  
Twi, Fante  

French Name
indonésien  
akan  

German Name
Bahasa Indonesia  
Akan-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[bahaˈsa indoneˈsia]  
[ˈaːkã]  

Ethnicity
Indonesians  
Akan people  

History

Origin
7th Century  
15  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Indonesian  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Malay  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Indonesian  
Akan  

Language Position
56  
99+
104  
99+

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

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
id  
ak  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ind  
aka  

ISO 639 2/B
ind  
aka  

ISO 639 3
ind  
aka  

ISO 639 6
ind  
aka  

Glottocode
indo1316  
akan1251  

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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Indonesian and Akan Language History

Comparison of Indonesian vs Akan language history gives us differences between origin of Indonesian and Akan language. History of Indonesian language states that this language originated in 7th Century whereas history of Akan language states that this language originated in 15. 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 Indonesian and Akan Language History.

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Indonesian and Akan 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 Indonesian and Akan greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Indonesian and Akan language. Indonesian word for "Hello" is Halo or Akan word for "Thank You" is meda ase. Find more of such common Indonesian Greetings and Akan Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Indonesian vs Akan Difficulty

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

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