Countries
Indonesia
  
Ghana, Ivory coast
  
National Language
Indonesia
  
Ghana
  
Second Language
East Timor, Indonesia
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands
  
Benin, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa
  
Akan Orthography Committee
  
Interesting Facts
- The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
- In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
  
- 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.
  
Similar To
Malay language
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Malay and Dutch Languages
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Indonesian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Akan-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Halo
  
ete-sen
  
Thank You
Terima kasih
  
meda ase
  
How Are You?
Apa kabar?
  
wo ho te sɛn?
  
Good Night
Selamat Malam
  
maadwo
  
Good Evening
Malam yang baik
  
maadwo
  
Good Afternoon
Selamat Sore
  
maaha
  
Good Morning
Selamat Pagi
  
maakye
  
Please
mohon Untuk
  
wae
  
Sorry
maaf
  
Kafra
  
Bye
Selamat tinggal
  
bye
  
I Love You
Aku cinta kamu
  
Me doכ wo
  
Excuse Me
Permisi
  
mepa wo kyɛw
  
Dialect 1
Sundanese
  
Asante
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
Ghana
  
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00
  
8
9,000,000.00
  
13
Dialect 2
Balinese
  
Akuapem
  
Where They Speak
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida
  
Ghana
  
How Many People Speak
3,300,000.00
  
17
9,000,000.00
  
10
Dialect 3
Minangkabau
  
Fante
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia, Malaysia
  
Ghana
  
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00
  
7
1,900,000.00
  
15
How Many People Speak?
163.00 million
  
11
11.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
23.00 million
  
34
11.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
140.00 million
  
4
Not Available
  
Native Name
Bahasa Melayu
  
Akan
  
Alternative Names
Bahasa Indonesia
  
Not Available
  
French Name
indonésien
  
akan
  
German Name
Bahasa Indonesia
  
Akan-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Indonesians
  
Akan people
  
Origin
7th Century
  
15
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Indonesian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Malay
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Indonesian
  
Akan
  
Signed Forms
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
id
  
ak
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ind
  
aka
  
ISO 639 2/B
ind
  
aka
  
ISO 639 3
ind
  
aka
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
indo1316
  
akan1251
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Not Available
  
All Indonesian and Akan Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Indonesian and Akan dialects. Various dialects of Indonesian and Akan language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Indonesian are spoken in different Indonesian Speaking Countries whereas Akan Dialects are spoken in different Akan speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Indonesian vs Akan Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Indonesian dialects include: Sundanese, Balinese. Akan dialects include: Asante , Akuapem. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Indonesian and Akan Speaking population
Indonesian and Akan speaking population is one of the factors based on which Indonesian and Akan languages can be compared. The total count of Indonesian and Akan Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Indonesian language is 1.16 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Akan language is 0.17 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Indonesian and Akan on Indonesian vs Akan where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Indonesian and Akan Language Codes
Indonesian and Akan language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Indonesian and Akan Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.