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