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Maltese and Akan


Akan and Maltese


Countries

Countries
European Union, Malta   
Ghana, Ivory coast   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
Malta   
Ghana   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Africa   

Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America   
Benin, United States of America   

Regulated By
National Council for the Maltese Language   
Akan Orthography Committee   

Interesting Facts
  • Maltese language is the only semitic language written in Latin characters.
  • Maltese language has borrowed many loan words from English, Italian and French.
  
  • 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
Western Arabic Dialects   
Not Available   

Derived From
Roman Languages   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
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
30 weeks   
9
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Ħello   
ete-sen   

Thank You
Grazzi   
meda ase   

How Are You?
Kif int?   
wo ho te sɛn?   

Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba   
maadwo   

Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba   
maadwo   

Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb   
maaha   

Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba   
maakye   

Please
Jekk jogħġbok   
wae   

Sorry
Skużani!   
Kafra   

Bye
Ċaw   
bye   

I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna   
Me doכ wo   

Excuse Me
Skużi!   
mepa wo kyɛw   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qormi   
Asante   

Where They Speak
Malta   
Ghana   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
9,000,000.00   
13

Dialect 2
Żejtun   
Akuapem   

Where They Speak
Malta   
Ghana   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
9,000,000.00   
10

Dialect 3
Not Present   
Fante   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Ghana   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,900,000.00   
15

Total No. Of Dialects
2   
2
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.52 million   
99+
11.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.17 %   
99+

Native Speakers
0.52 million   
99+
11.00 million   
99+

Native Name
Malti   
Akan   

Alternative Names
Malti   
Not Available   

French Name
maltais   
akan   

German Name
Maltesisch   
Akan-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Maltese   
Akan people   

History

Origin
c. 1470   
15   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Semitic   
Not Available   

Branch
North Abric   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Maltese   
Akan   

Language Position
Not Available   
104   
99+

Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
mt   
ak   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mlt   
aka   

ISO 639 2/B
mlt   
aka   

ISO 639 3
mlt   
aka   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
malt1254   
akan1251   

Linguasphere
12-AAC-c   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Not Available   

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All Maltese 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 Maltese and Akan dialects. Various dialects of Maltese and Akan language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Maltese are spoken in different Maltese Speaking Countries whereas Akan Dialects are spoken in different Akan speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Maltese vs Akan Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Maltese dialects include: Qormi, Żejtun. Akan dialects include: Asante , Akuapem. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Maltese and Akan Speaking population

Maltese and Akan speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maltese and Akan languages can be compared. The total count of Maltese and Akan Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maltese language is Not Available 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 Maltese and Akan on Maltese vs Akan where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Maltese and Akan Language Codes

Maltese and Akan language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Maltese and Akan Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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