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Akan and Maltese


Maltese and Akan


Countries

Countries
Ghana, Ivory coast   
European Union, Malta   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

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

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

Alphabets
21   
3
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
6   
3

How Many Consonants
16   
6
24   
14

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

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!   

Dialects

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   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
2   
2

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
11.00 million   
99+
0.52 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.17 %   
99+
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   

History

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
104   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Maltese Sign Language   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

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   

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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.

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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.

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