Countries
Ghana, Ivory coast
  
European Union, Malta
  
National Language
Ghana
  
Malta
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Benin, United States of America
  
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Akan Orthography Committee
  
National Council for the Maltese Language
  
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.
  
- Maltese language is the only semitic language written in Latin characters.
- Maltese language has borrowed many loan words from English, Italian and French.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Western Arabic Dialects
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Roman Languages
  
Alphabets in
Akan-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Maltese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ete-sen
  
Ħello
  
Thank You
meda ase
  
Grazzi
  
How Are You?
wo ho te sɛn?
  
Kif int?
  
Good Night
maadwo
  
Il-Lejla it-tajba
  
Good Evening
maadwo
  
Il-Lejla it-tajba
  
Good Afternoon
maaha
  
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
  
Good Morning
maakye
  
L-għodwa t-tajba
  
Please
wae
  
Jekk jogħġbok
  
Sorry
Kafra
  
Skużani!
  
Bye
bye
  
Ċaw
  
I Love You
Me doכ wo
  
Inħobbok ħafna
  
Excuse Me
mepa wo kyɛw
  
Skużi!
  
Dialect 1
Asante
  
Qormi
  
Where They Speak
Ghana
  
Malta
  
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00
  
13
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Akuapem
  
Żejtun
  
Where They Speak
Ghana
  
Malta
  
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00
  
10
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Fante
  
Not Present
  
Where They Speak
Ghana
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00
  
15
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
11.00 million
  
99+
0.52 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
11.00 million
  
99+
0.52 million
  
99+
Native Name
Akan
  
Malti
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Malti
  
French Name
akan
  
maltais
  
German Name
Akan-Sprache
  
Maltesisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Akan people
  
Maltese
  
Origin
15
  
c. 1470
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Semitic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
North Abric
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Akan
  
Maltese
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Maltese Sign Language
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ak
  
mt
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
aka
  
mlt
  
ISO 639 2/B
aka
  
mlt
  
ISO 639 3
aka
  
mlt
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
akan1251
  
malt1254
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
12-AAC-c
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic
  
All Akan and Maltese 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 Akan and Maltese dialects. Various dialects of Akan and Maltese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Akan are spoken in different Akan Speaking Countries whereas Maltese Dialects are spoken in different Maltese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Akan vs Maltese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Akan dialects include: Asante, Akuapem. Maltese dialects include: Qormi , Żejtun. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Akan and Maltese Speaking population
Akan and Maltese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Akan and Maltese languages can be compared. The total count of Akan and Maltese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Akan language is 0.17 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Maltese language is Not Available. 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 Akan and Maltese on Akan vs Maltese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Akan and Maltese Language Codes
Akan and Maltese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Akan and Maltese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.