Countries
Ghana, Ivory coast
  
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
National Language
Ghana
  
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Benin, United States of America
  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
  
Regulated By
Akan Orthography Committee
  
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
  
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.
  
- Malayalam language has 54 literals. Same sounds have different versions to it.
- Malayalam script is reffered as "Rod Script" and it is derived from the Grantha script, which was developed from Indic script of Brahmi.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
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Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ete-sen
  
ഹലോ (halēā)
  
Thank You
meda ase
  
നന്ദി (nandi)
  
How Are You?
wo ho te sɛn?
  
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
  
Good Night
maadwo
  
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
  
Good Evening
maadwo
  
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
  
Good Afternoon
maaha
  
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
  
Good Morning
maakye
  
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
  
Please
wae
  
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
  
Sorry
Kafra
  
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
  
Bye
bye
  
വിട (viṭa)
  
I Love You
Me doכ wo
  
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
  
Excuse Me
mepa wo kyɛw
  
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
  
Dialect 1
Asante
  
Judeo-Malayalam
  
Where They Speak
Ghana
  
Israel, kerala
  
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00
  
13
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Akuapem
  
Mappila
  
Where They Speak
Ghana
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00
  
10
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Fante
  
Pandy Malayalam
  
Where They Speak
Ghana
  
France, kerala
  
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00
  
15
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
11.00 million
  
99+
38.00 million
  
33
Native Speakers
11.00 million
  
99+
38.00 million
  
26
Native Name
Akan
  
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
  
French Name
akan
  
malayalam
  
German Name
Akan-Sprache
  
Malayalam
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Akan people
  
Malayali
  
Origin
15
  
9th Century
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Dravidian Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early form
  
Standard Forms
Akan
  
Malayalam
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ak
  
ml
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
aka
  
mal
  
ISO 639 2/B
aka
  
mal
  
ISO 639 3
aka
  
mal
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
akan1251
  
mala1464
  
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
  
Synthetic
  
Akan and Malayalam 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 Malayalam greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Akan and Malayalam language. Akan word for "Hello" is ete-sen or Malayalam word for "Thank You" is നന്ദി (nandi). Find more of such common Akan Greetings and Malayalam Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Akan vs Malayalam Difficulty
The Akan vs Malayalam difficulty level basically depends on the number of Akan Alphabets and Malayalam 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 Malayalam are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Akan and Malayalam, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Akan is 44 weeks while to learn Malayalam time required is 44 weeks.