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Malaysian and Akan


Akan and Malaysian


Countries

Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore   
Ghana, Ivory coast   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
2   
13

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

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

Alphabets
26   
8
21   
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
10   
7

How Many Consonants
24   
14
16   
6

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks   
10
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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   

Dialects

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
30,000.00   
40
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

Total No. Of Dialects
24   
20
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
175.00 million   
10
11.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
1.16 %   
14
0.17 %   
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   

History

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   

Language Position
54   
39
104   
99+

Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

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   

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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.

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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.

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