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Akan vs Malaysian


Malaysian vs Akan


Countries

Countries
Ghana, Ivory coast   
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
3   
12

National Language
Ghana   
Malaysia   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Indonesia   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia   

Minority Language
Benin, United States of America   
Thailand   

Regulated By
Akan Orthography Committee   
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka   

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.
  
  • One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
  • Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Indonesian Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Tamil Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21   
3
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
6   
3

How Many Consonants
16   
6
24   
14

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
36 weeks   
10

Greetings

Hello
ete-sen   
Hai   

Thank You
meda ase   
terima kasih   

How Are You?
wo ho te sɛn?   
Apa khabar?   

Good Night
maadwo   
Selamat Malam   

Good Evening
maadwo   
Selamat Petang   

Good Afternoon
maaha   
Selamat tengah hari   

Good Morning
maakye   
Selamat pagi   

Please
wae   
sila   

Sorry
Kafra   
maaf   

Bye
bye   
Selamat tinggal   

I Love You
Me doכ wo   
Saya sayang kamu   

Excuse Me
mepa wo kyɛw   
Maafkan saya   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Asante   
Bengkulu   

Where They Speak
Ghana   
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra   

How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00   
13
1,600,000.00   
25

Dialect 2
Akuapem   
Pekal   

Where They Speak
Ghana   
Indonesia   

How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00   
10
30,000.00   
40

Dialect 3
Fante   
Musi   

Where They Speak
Ghana   
Indonesia   

How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00   
15
3,100,000.00   
11

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
24   
20

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
11.00 million   
99+
175.00 million   
10

Speaking Population
0.17 %   
99+
1.16 %   
14

Native Speakers
11.00 million   
99+
77.00 million   
12

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
98.00 million   
8

Native Name
Akan   
Bahasa melayu   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Not Available   

French Name
akan   
malais   

German Name
Akan-Sprache   
Malaiisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]   

Ethnicity
Akan people   
Not Available   

History

Origin
15   
c. 683 AD   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,   

Standard Forms
Akan   
Pluricentric Standard Malay   

Language Position
104   
99+
54   
39

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Malaysian Sign Language   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ak   
ms   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
aka   
msa   

ISO 639 2/B
aka   
may   

ISO 639 3
aka   
zsm   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
akan1251   
stan1306   

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   
Agglutinative   

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Akan and Malaysian Language History

Comparison of Akan vs Malaysian language history gives us differences between origin of Akan and Malaysian language. History of Akan language states that this language originated in 15 whereas history of Malaysian language states that this language originated in c. 683 AD. 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 Malaysian Language History.

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Akan and Malaysian 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 Malaysian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Akan and Malaysian language. Akan word for "Hello" is ete-sen or Malaysian word for "Thank You" is terima kasih. Find more of such common Akan Greetings and Malaysian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Akan vs Malaysian Difficulty

The Akan vs Malaysian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Akan Alphabets and Malaysian 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 Malaysian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Akan and Malaysian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Akan is 44 weeks while to learn Malaysian time required is 36 weeks.

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