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Akan vs Indonesian


Indonesian vs Akan


Countries

Countries
Ghana, Ivory coast   
Indonesia   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

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

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

Alphabets
21   
3
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
6   
3

How Many Consonants
16   
6
19   
9

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
7   
6

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
36 weeks   
10

Greetings

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   

Dialects

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

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
46   
30

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
11.00 million   
99+
163.00 million   
11

Speaking Population
0.17 %   
99+
1.16 %   
14

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   

History

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   

Language Position
104   
99+
56   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

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   

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Akan and Indonesian Language History

Comparison of Akan vs Indonesian language history gives us differences between origin of Akan and Indonesian language. History of Akan language states that this language originated in 15 whereas history of Indonesian language states that this language originated in 7th Century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Akan and Indonesian Language History.

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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.

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