Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
  
Ghana, Ivory coast
  
National Language
Malaysia
  
Ghana
  
Second Language
Indonesia
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Thailand
  
Benin, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
  
Akan Orthography Committee
  
Interesting Facts
- 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.
  
- 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
Indonesian Language
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Tamil Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Malaysian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Akan-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hai
  
ete-sen
  
Thank You
terima kasih
  
meda ase
  
How Are You?
Apa khabar?
  
wo ho te sɛn?
  
Good Night
Selamat Malam
  
maadwo
  
Good Evening
Selamat Petang
  
maadwo
  
Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari
  
maaha
  
Good Morning
Selamat pagi
  
maakye
  
Please
sila
  
wae
  
Sorry
maaf
  
Kafra
  
Bye
Selamat tinggal
  
bye
  
I Love You
Saya sayang kamu
  
Me doכ wo
  
Excuse Me
Maafkan saya
  
mepa wo kyɛw
  
Dialect 1
Bengkulu
  
Asante
  
Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
  
Ghana
  
How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00
  
25
9,000,000.00
  
13
Dialect 2
Pekal
  
Akuapem
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
Ghana
  
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00
  
10
Dialect 3
Musi
  
Fante
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
Ghana
  
How Many People Speak
3,100,000.00
  
11
1,900,000.00
  
15
How Many People Speak?
175.00 million
  
10
11.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
77.00 million
  
12
11.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
98.00 million
  
8
Not Available
  
Native Name
Bahasa melayu
  
Akan
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
French Name
malais
  
akan
  
German Name
Malaiisch
  
Akan-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Akan people
  
Origin
c. 683 AD
  
15
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay
  
Akan
  
Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
ms
  
ak
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
msa
  
aka
  
ISO 639 2/B
may
  
aka
  
ISO 639 3
zsm
  
aka
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
stan1306
  
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
Agglutinative
  
Not Available
  
All Malaysian 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 Malaysian and Akan dialects. Various dialects of Malaysian and Akan language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Malaysian are spoken in different Malaysian Speaking Countries whereas Akan Dialects are spoken in different Akan speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Malaysian vs Akan Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Malaysian dialects include: Bengkulu, Pekal. Akan dialects include: Asante , Akuapem. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Malaysian and Akan Speaking population
Malaysian and Akan speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malaysian and Akan languages can be compared. The total count of Malaysian and Akan Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malaysian 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 Malaysian and Akan on Malaysian vs Akan where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Malaysian and Akan Language Codes
Malaysian and Akan language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Malaysian and Akan Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.