Countries
European Union, Malta
  
Ghana, Ivory coast
  
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 in
Maltese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Akan-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
How Many People Speak?
0.52 million
  
99+
11.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
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
  
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.