Countries
Ghana, Ivory coast
  
Indonesia
  
National Language
Ghana
  
Indonesia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
East Timor, Indonesia
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Benin, United States of America
  
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands
  
Regulated By
Akan Orthography Committee
  
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa
  
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.
  
- 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.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Malay language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Malay and Dutch Languages
  
Alphabets in
Akan-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Indonesian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ete-sen
  
Halo
  
Thank You
meda ase
  
Terima kasih
  
How Are You?
wo ho te sɛn?
  
Apa kabar?
  
Good Night
maadwo
  
Selamat Malam
  
Good Evening
maadwo
  
Malam yang baik
  
Good Afternoon
maaha
  
Selamat Sore
  
Good Morning
maakye
  
Selamat Pagi
  
Please
wae
  
mohon Untuk
  
Sorry
Kafra
  
maaf
  
Bye
bye
  
Selamat tinggal
  
I Love You
Me doכ wo
  
Aku cinta kamu
  
Excuse Me
mepa wo kyɛw
  
Permisi
  
Dialect 1
Asante
  
Sundanese
  
Where They Speak
Ghana
  
Indonesia
  
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00
  
13
38,000,000.00
  
8
Dialect 2
Akuapem
  
Balinese
  
Where They Speak
Ghana
  
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida
  
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00
  
10
3,300,000.00
  
17
Dialect 3
Fante
  
Minangkabau
  
Where They Speak
Ghana
  
Indonesia, Malaysia
  
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00
  
15
6,000,000.00
  
7
How Many People Speak?
11.00 million
  
99+
163.00 million
  
11
Native Speakers
11.00 million
  
99+
23.00 million
  
34
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
140.00 million
  
4
Native Name
Akan
  
Bahasa Melayu
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Bahasa Indonesia
  
French Name
akan
  
indonésien
  
German Name
Akan-Sprache
  
Bahasa Indonesia
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Akan people
  
Indonesians
  
Origin
15
  
7th Century
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indonesian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Malay
  
Standard Forms
Akan
  
Indonesian
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ak
  
id
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
aka
  
ind
  
ISO 639 2/B
aka
  
ind
  
ISO 639 3
aka
  
ind
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
akan1251
  
indo1316
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative
  
Akan and Indonesian 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 Akan and Indonesian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Akan and Indonesian language. Akan word for "Hello" is ete-sen or Indonesian word for "Thank You" is Terima kasih. Find more of such common Akan Greetings and Indonesian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Akan vs Indonesian Difficulty
The Akan vs Indonesian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Akan Alphabets and Indonesian 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 Akan and Indonesian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Akan and Indonesian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Akan is 44 weeks while to learn Indonesian time required is 36 weeks.