Countries
Ghana, Ivory coast
  
Madagascar
  
National Language
Ghana
  
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Africa
  
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.
  
- Malagasy language was originated in southeast Asia, since it shares several common words and meanings with Indonesian Languages.
- About 93% of the basic vocabulary is of Malayo-Polynesian origin in Malagasy language.
  
Similar To
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Derived From
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Alphabets in
Akan-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Malagasy-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
ete-sen
  
Salama!
  
Thank You
meda ase
  
Misaotra
  
How Are You?
wo ho te sɛn?
  
Manao ahoana!
  
Good Night
maadwo
  
Alina tsara
  
Good Evening
maadwo
  
Manao ahoana e
  
Good Afternoon
maaha
  
Manao ahoana e
  
Good Morning
maakye
  
Maraina tsara
  
Please
wae
  
azafady
  
Sorry
Kafra
  
Miala tsiny
  
Bye
bye
  
Veloma!
  
I Love You
Me doכ wo
  
Tiako ianao.
  
Excuse Me
mepa wo kyɛw
  
Azafady
  
Dialect 1
Asante
  
Eastern Malagasy
  
Where They Speak
Ghana
  
Merina
  
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00
  
13
5,000,000.00
  
17
Dialect 2
Akuapem
  
Western Malagasy
  
Where They Speak
Ghana
  
Sakalava
  
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00
  
10
1,200,000.00
  
24
Dialect 3
Fante
  
Not Available
  
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+
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Native Speakers
11.00 million
  
99+
18.00 million
  
38
Native Name
Akan
  
Fiteny Malagasy
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Malagasy Sign Language
  
French Name
akan
  
malgache
  
German Name
Akan-Sprache
  
Malagassi-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
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Ethnicity
Akan people
  
Malagasy people
  
Origin
15
  
1000 AD
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Austronesian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indonesian
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Akan
  
standard Malagasy
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
ak
  
mg
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
aka
  
mlg
  
ISO 639 2/B
aka
  
mlg
  
ISO 639 3
aka
  
mlg
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
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Glottocode
akan1251
  
mala1537
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
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Verb-Object-Subject
  
Language Morphological Typology
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Akan and Malagasy 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 Malagasy greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Akan and Malagasy language. Akan word for "Hello" is ete-sen or Malagasy word for "Thank You" is Misaotra. Find more of such common Akan Greetings and Malagasy Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Akan vs Malagasy Difficulty
The Akan vs Malagasy difficulty level basically depends on the number of Akan Alphabets and Malagasy 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 Malagasy are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Akan and Malagasy, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Akan is 44 weeks while to learn Malagasy time required is Not Available.