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Maltese vs Akan


Akan vs 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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Maltese and Akan Language History

Comparison of Maltese vs Akan language history gives us differences between origin of Maltese and Akan language. History of Maltese language states that this language originated in c. 1470 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 Maltese and Akan Language History.

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Maltese 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 Maltese and Akan greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Maltese and Akan language. Maltese word for "Hello" is Ħello or Akan word for "Thank You" is meda ase. Find more of such common Maltese Greetings and Akan Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Maltese vs Akan Difficulty

The Maltese vs Akan difficulty level basically depends on the number of Maltese 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 Maltese and Akan are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Maltese and Akan, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Maltese is 30 weeks while to learn Akan time required is 44 weeks.

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