Countries
Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
Ghana, Ivory coast
Total No. Of Countries
32
0
46
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National Language
Malaysia
Ghana
Second Language
Indonesia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Thailand
Benin, United States of America
Regulated By
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
Akan Orthography Committee
Interesting Facts
- 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.
- 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
Indonesian Language
Not Available
Derived From
Tamil Language
Not Available
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2621
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
610
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2416
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Greetings
Hello
Hai
ete-sen
Thank You
terima kasih
meda ase
How Are You?
Apa khabar?
wo ho te sɛn?
Good Night
Selamat Malam
maadwo
Good Evening
Selamat Petang
maadwo
Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari
maaha
Good Morning
Selamat pagi
maakye
Please
sila
wae
Sorry
maaf
Kafra
Bye
Selamat tinggal
bye
I Love You
Saya sayang kamu
Me doכ wo
Excuse Me
Maafkan saya
mepa wo kyɛw
Dialects
Dialect 1
Bengkulu
Asante
Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
Ghana
How Many People Speak
1,600,000.009,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Pekal
Akuapem
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Ghana
How Many People Speak
30,000.009,000,000.00
700
80000000
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Dialect 3
Musi
Fante
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Ghana
How Many People Speak
3,100,000.001,900,000.00
1400
96000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
243
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
175.00 million11.00 million
0.13
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.16 %0.17 %
0.11
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
77.00 million11.00 million
0.13
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
98.00 millionNA
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Bahasa melayu
Akan
Alternative Names
Not Available
Not Available
French Name
malais
akan
German Name
Malaiisch
Akan-Sprache
Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Not Available
Akan people
History
Origin
c. 683 AD
15
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Language Forms
Early Forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
No early forms
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay
Akan
Language Position
54104
1
120
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Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
Code
ISO 639 1
ms
ak
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
msa
aka
ISO 639 2/B
may
aka
ISO 639 3
zsm
aka
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
stan1306
akan1251
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Not Available