Countries
Ghana, Ivory coast
  
India, Nepal
  
National Language
Ghana
  
India, Nepal
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Nepal
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Benin, United States of America
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Akan Orthography Committee
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
- Earlier, Maithili language was considered as the dialect of Hindi and Bengali, however in the year 2003 Maithili achieved an independent language status in India.
- Maithili has rich literature.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Bhojpuri Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Akan-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Maithili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
How Many Consonants
Not Available
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
ete-sen
  
pranam
  
Thank You
meda ase
  
dhanyabad
  
How Are You?
wo ho te sɛn?
  
Aahan kehan chhi ?
  
Good Night
maadwo
  
Śubharātri
  
Good Evening
maadwo
  
shubh sandhya
  
Good Afternoon
maaha
  
dopahar ke bad namaskar
  
Good Morning
maakye
  
Suprabhaat
  
Please
wae
  
kripaya
  
Sorry
Kafra
  
maf karai
  
Bye
bye
  
Alavidā
  
I Love You
Me doכ wo
  
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
  
Excuse Me
mepa wo kyɛw
  
kripaya
  
Dialect 1
Asante
  
Tharuwat
  
Where They Speak
Ghana
  
Nepal
  
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00
  
13
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Akuapem
  
Madhubani
  
Where They Speak
Ghana
  
North India
  
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00
  
10
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Fante
  
Khortha
  
Where They Speak
Ghana
  
Deoghar, France
  
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00
  
15
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
11.00 million
  
99+
32.00 million
  
35
Native Speakers
11.00 million
  
99+
27.00 million
  
30
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
2.80 million
  
33
Native Name
Akan
  
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
  
French Name
akan
  
maithili
  
German Name
Akan-Sprache
  
Maithili
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Akan people
  
Maithil
  
Origin
15
  
14th century
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Akan
  
Standard Maithili
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ak
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
aka
  
mai
  
ISO 639 2/B
aka
  
mai
  
ISO 639 3
aka
  
mai
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
akan1251
  
mait1250
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Akan and Maithili 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 Maithili greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Akan and Maithili language. Akan word for "Hello" is ete-sen or Maithili word for "Thank You" is dhanyabad. Find more of such common Akan Greetings and Maithili Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Akan vs Maithili Difficulty
The Akan vs Maithili difficulty level basically depends on the number of Akan Alphabets and Maithili 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 Maithili are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Akan and Maithili, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Akan is 44 weeks while to learn Maithili time required is Not Available.