Akan and Javanese
Countries
Ghana, Ivory coast
Indonesia
National Language
Ghana
Indonesia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Benin, United States of America
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname
Regulated By
Akan Orthography Committee
Not Available
Interesting Facts
- 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.
- The Javanese group is the largest ethnic group in Indonesian.
- The earliest writing in Javanese dates from the 4th Century AD, at that time Javanese was written with the Pallava alphabet.
Similar To
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Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages
Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Javanese, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
meda ase
matur nuwun
How Are You?
wo ho te sɛn?
piye kabare?
Good Night
maadwo
wengi sing apik
Good Evening
maadwo
Sugeng sọnten
Good Afternoon
maaha
Sugeng siang
Good Morning
maakye
Sugeng énjing
Sorry
Kafra
Nyuwun pangapunten
Bye
bye
Kepanggih malih benjang
I Love You
Me doכ wo
Kula tresna panjengan
Excuse Me
mepa wo kyɛw
Nuwun séwu
Dialect 1
Asante
Pekalongan
Where They Speak
Ghana
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Akuapem
Cirebon
Where They Speak
Ghana
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Ghana
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
Akan
basa Jawa
Alternative Names
Not Available
Djawa, Jawa
French Name
akan
javanais
German Name
Akan-Sprache
Javanisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Akan people
Javanese (Mataram, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Cirebonese, Banyumasan, etc)
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Indonesian
Branch
Not Available
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Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Akan
Javanese
Signed Forms
Not Available
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Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
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Glottocode
akan1251
java1253
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Agglutinative
All Akan and Javanese 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 Akan and Javanese dialects. Various dialects of Akan and Javanese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Akan are spoken in different Akan Speaking Countries whereas Javanese Dialects are spoken in different Javanese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Akan vs Javanese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Akan dialects include: Asante, Akuapem. Javanese dialects include: Pekalongan , Cirebon. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Akan and Javanese Speaking population
Akan and Javanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Akan and Javanese languages can be compared. The total count of Akan and Javanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Akan language is 0.17 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Javanese language is 1.25 %. 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 Akan and Javanese on Akan vs Javanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Akan and Javanese Language Codes
Akan and Javanese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Akan and Javanese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.