Countries
Ghana, Ivory coast
  
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
  
National Language
Ghana
  
India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Benin, United States of America
  
Israel, Mauritius
  
Regulated By
Akan Orthography Committee
  
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
  
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.
  
- Marathi ranks 4th in India based on the number of native speakers.
- Marathi language has borrowed plenty of loanwords from Urdu, Persian, Arabic and Sanskrit.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Konkani Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Akan-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ete-sen
  
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
  
Thank You
meda ase
  
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
  
How Are You?
wo ho te sɛn?
  
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
  
Good Night
maadwo
  
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
  
Good Evening
maadwo
  
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
  
Good Afternoon
maaha
  
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
  
Good Morning
maakye
  
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
  
Please
wae
  
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
  
Sorry
Kafra
  
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
  
Bye
bye
  
बाय (Bāya)
  
I Love You
Me doכ wo
  
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
  
Excuse Me
mepa wo kyɛw
  
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
  
Dialect 1
Asante
  
Maharashtrian Konkani
  
Where They Speak
Ghana
  
Kokan
  
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00
  
13
2,400,000.00
  
23
Dialect 2
Akuapem
  
Varhadi
  
Where They Speak
Ghana
  
Vidarbha
  
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00
  
10
7,000,000.00
  
12
Dialect 3
Fante
  
Khandeshi
  
Where They Speak
Ghana
  
Khandesh
  
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00
  
15
1,900,000.00
  
15
How Many People Speak?
11.00 million
  
99+
71.00 million
  
25
Native Speakers
11.00 million
  
99+
68.00 million
  
16
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
3.00 million
  
32
Native Name
Akan
  
मराठी (marāṭhī)
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
  
French Name
akan
  
marathe
  
German Name
Akan-Sprache
  
Marathi
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
  
Ethnicity
Akan people
  
Marathi people
  
Origin
15
  
10th century
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Maharashtri Prakrit
  
Standard Forms
Akan
  
Marathi
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ak
  
mr
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
aka
  
mar
  
ISO 639 2/B
aka
  
mar
  
ISO 639 3
aka
  
mar
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
akan1251
  
mara1378
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
omr
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Akan and Marathi 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 Marathi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Akan and Marathi language. Akan word for "Hello" is ete-sen or Marathi word for "Thank You" is धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda). Find more of such common Akan Greetings and Marathi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Akan vs Marathi Difficulty
The Akan vs Marathi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Akan Alphabets and Marathi 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 Marathi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Akan and Marathi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Akan is 44 weeks while to learn Marathi time required is 4 weeks.