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Malayalam vs Akan


Akan vs Malayalam


Countries

Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  
Ghana, Ivory coast  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
2  
13

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

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

Alphabets
53  
32
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15  
12
10  
7

How Many Consonants
41  
30
16  
6

Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

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  

Dialects

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

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
38.00 million  
33
11.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.57 %  
27
0.17 %  
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  

History

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  

Language Position
29  
24
104  
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

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  

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Malayalam and Akan Language History

Comparison of Malayalam vs Akan language history gives us differences between origin of Malayalam and Akan language. History of Malayalam language states that this language originated in 9th Century whereas history of Akan language states that this language originated in 15. 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 Malayalam and Akan Language History.

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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.

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