Countries
Ghana, Ivory coast
  
East Java, Island of Madura, North Java, Sapudi Islands, Singapore
  
National Language
Ghana
  
Indonesia, Island of Madura
  
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
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
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.
  
- There is unique pronunciation system in the Madurese language.
- Madurese was first written using Javanese Alphabets.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Malay and Javanese Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Akan-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Madurese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ete-sen
  
Halo
  
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
  
Please
wae
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
Kafra
  
Nyuwun pangapunten
  
Bye
bye
  
Not Available
  
I Love You
Me doכ wo
  
Kula tresna panjengan
  
Excuse Me
mepa wo kyɛw
  
Nuwun séwu
  
Dialect 1
Asante
  
Kangean
  
Where They Speak
Ghana
  
Indonesia
  
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00
  
13
Dialect 2
Akuapem
  
Bawean
  
Where They Speak
Ghana
  
Indonesia
  
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00
  
10
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Fante
  
Bangkalan
  
Where They Speak
Ghana
  
Indonesia
  
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00
  
15
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
11.00 million
  
99+
15.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
11.00 million
  
99+
15.00 million
  
40
Native Name
Akan
  
Madurese
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Basa Mathura, Madhura, Madura
  
French Name
akan
  
madourais
  
German Name
Akan-Sprache
  
Maduresisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Akan people
  
Madurese
  
Origin
15
  
Not Available
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indonesian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Akan
  
Madurese
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ak
  
No data Available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
aka
  
mad
  
ISO 639 2/B
aka
  
mad
  
ISO 639 3
aka
  
mad
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
akan1251
  
madu1247
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
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Language Morphological Typology
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Akan and Madurese 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 Akan and Madurese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Akan and Madurese language. Akan word for "Hello" is ete-sen or Madurese word for "Thank You" is matur nuwun. Find more of such common Akan Greetings and Madurese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Akan vs Madurese Difficulty
The Akan vs Madurese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Akan Alphabets and Madurese 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 Akan and Madurese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Akan and Madurese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Akan is 44 weeks while to learn Madurese time required is 44 weeks.