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Malagasy
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Countries

Countries

Madagascar
Ghana, Ivory coast

Total No. Of Countries

12
0 46
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National Language

Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
Ghana

Second Language

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

Speaking Continents

Africa
Africa

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Benin, United States of America

Regulated By

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Akan Orthography Committee

Interesting Facts

  • Malagasy language was originated in southeast Asia, since it shares several common words and meanings with Indonesian Languages.
  • About 93% of the basic vocabulary is of Malayo-Polynesian origin in Malagasy language.
  • 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

Swahili and Comorian Languages
Ewe and Ga-Dangme Languages

Derived From

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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2121
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

510
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2016
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

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Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

33
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

30 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Salama!
ete-sen

Thank You

Misaotra
meda ase

How Are You?

Manao ahoana!
wo ho te sɛn?

Good Night

Alina tsara
maadwo

Good Evening

Manao ahoana e
maadwo

Good Afternoon

Manao ahoana e
maaha

Good Morning

Maraina tsara
maakye

Please

azafady
wae

Sorry

Miala tsiny
Kafra

Bye

Veloma!
bye

I Love You

Tiako ianao.
Me doכ wo

Excuse Me

Azafady
mepa wo kyɛw

Dialects

Dialect 1

Eastern Malagasy
Asante

Where They Speak

Merina
Ghana

How Many People Speak

5,000,000.009,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Western Malagasy
Akuapem

Where They Speak

Sakalava
Ghana

How Many People Speak

1,200,000.009,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Plateau Malagasy
Fante

Where They Speak

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Ghana

How Many People Speak

20,000,000.001,900,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

23
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

25.00 million11.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.28 %0.17 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

18.00 million11.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

18.00 million21.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Fiteny Malagasy
Akan

Alternative Names

Malagasy Sign Language
Twi, Fante

French Name

malgache
akan

German Name

Malagassi-Sprache
Akan-Sprache

Pronunciation

[ˌmæləˈɡæsi]
[ˈaːkã]

Ethnicity

Malagasy people
Akan people

History

Origin

1000 AD
15

Language Family

Austronesian Family
Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup

Austronesian
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Branch

Indonesian
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

standard Malagasy
Akan

Language Position

84104
1 120
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Signed Forms

Malagasy Sign Language
Akan Sign Language

Scope

Macrolanguage
Macrolanguage

Code

ISO 639 1

mg
ak

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

mlg
aka

ISO 639 2/B

mlg
aka

ISO 639 3

mlg
aka

ISO 639 6

mlg
aka

Glottocode

mala1537
akan1251

Linguasphere

No data available
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Verb-Object-Subject
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Language Morphological Typology

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Malagasy and Akan Alphabets

Malagasy and Akan Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Malagasy and Akan. In Malagasy Alphabets there are 21 letters while in Akan Alphabets there are 21 letters. To learn Malagasy and Akan languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Malagasy and Akan languages. The Malagasy phonology consist Malagasy vowels and Malagasy consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Malagasy greetings vs Akan greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Malagasy and Akan are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Malagasy and Akan Speaking population

Malagasy and Akan speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malagasy and Akan languages can be compared. The total count of Malagasy and Akan Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malagasy language is 0.28 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Akan language is 0.17 %. 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 Malagasy and Akan on Malagasy vs Akan where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Malagasy and Akan Language Codes

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