Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
  
Ghana, Ivory coast
  
National Language
India
  
Ghana
  
Second Language
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Israel, Mauritius
  
Benin, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
  
Akan Orthography Committee
  
Interesting Facts
- Marathi ranks 4th in India based on the number of native speakers.
- Marathi language has borrowed plenty of loanwords from Urdu, Persian, Arabic and Sanskrit.
  
- 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
Konkani Language
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200
  
Akan-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
  
ete-sen
  
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
  
meda ase
  
How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
  
wo ho te sɛn?
  
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
  
maadwo
  
Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
  
maadwo
  
Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
  
maaha
  
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
  
maakye
  
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
  
wae
  
Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
  
Kafra
  
Bye
बाय (Bāya)
  
bye
  
I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
  
Me doכ wo
  
Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
  
mepa wo kyɛw
  
Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani
  
Asante
  
Where They Speak
Kokan
  
Ghana
  
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00
  
23
9,000,000.00
  
13
Dialect 2
Varhadi
  
Akuapem
  
Where They Speak
Vidarbha
  
Ghana
  
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00
  
12
9,000,000.00
  
10
Dialect 3
Khandeshi
  
Fante
  
Where They Speak
Khandesh
  
Ghana
  
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00
  
15
1,900,000.00
  
15
How Many People Speak?
71.00 million
  
25
11.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
68.00 million
  
16
11.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million
  
32
Not Available
  
Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)
  
Akan
  
Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
  
Not Available
  
French Name
marathe
  
akan
  
German Name
Marathi
  
Akan-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Marathi people
  
Akan people
  
Origin
10th century
  
15
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Marathi
  
Akan
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
mr
  
ak
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mar
  
aka
  
ISO 639 2/B
mar
  
aka
  
ISO 639 3
mar
  
aka
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mara1378
  
akan1251
  
Linguasphere
omr
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Marathi 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 Marathi and Akan greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Marathi and Akan language. Marathi word for "Hello" is हॅलो (Hĕlō) or Akan word for "Thank You" is meda ase. Find more of such common Marathi Greetings and Akan Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Marathi vs Akan Difficulty
The Marathi vs Akan difficulty level basically depends on the number of Marathi 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 Marathi and Akan are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Marathi and Akan, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Marathi is 4 weeks while to learn Akan time required is 44 weeks.