Javanese and Akan
Countries
Indonesia
Ghana, Ivory coast
National Language
Indonesia
Ghana
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname
Benin, United States of America
Regulated By
Not Available
Akan Orthography Committee
Interesting Facts
- 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.
- 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
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages
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Derived From
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Alphabets in
Javanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
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Scripts
Arabic, Javanese, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
matur nuwun
meda ase
How Are You?
piye kabare?
wo ho te sɛn?
Good Night
wengi sing apik
maadwo
Good Evening
Sugeng sọnten
maadwo
Good Afternoon
Sugeng siang
maaha
Good Morning
Sugeng énjing
maakye
Sorry
Nyuwun pangapunten
Kafra
Bye
Kepanggih malih benjang
bye
I Love You
Kula tresna panjengan
Me doכ wo
Excuse Me
Nuwun séwu
mepa wo kyɛw
Dialect 1
Pekalongan
Asante
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Ghana
How Many People Speak
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Dialect 2
Cirebon
Akuapem
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Ghana
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Ghana
How Many People Speak
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Native Name
basa Jawa
Akan
Alternative Names
Djawa, Jawa
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French Name
javanais
akan
German Name
Javanisch
Akan-Sprache
Pronunciation
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Ethnicity
Javanese (Mataram, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Cirebonese, Banyumasan, etc)
Akan people
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Indonesian
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Branch
Not Available
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Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Javanese
Akan
Signed Forms
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Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
java1253
akan1251
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
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All Javanese and Akan 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 Javanese and Akan dialects. Various dialects of Javanese and Akan language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Javanese are spoken in different Javanese Speaking Countries whereas Akan Dialects are spoken in different Akan speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Javanese vs Akan Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Javanese dialects include: Pekalongan, Cirebon. Akan dialects include: Asante , Akuapem. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Javanese and Akan Speaking population
Javanese and Akan speaking population is one of the factors based on which Javanese and Akan languages can be compared. The total count of Javanese and Akan Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Javanese language is 1.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Akan language is 0.17 %. 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 Javanese and Akan on Javanese vs Akan where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Javanese and Akan Language Codes
Javanese and Akan language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Javanese and Akan Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.