Countries
Countries
East Java, Island of Madura, North Java, Sapudi Islands, Singapore
Ghana, Ivory coast
Total No. Of Countries
52
0
46
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National Language
Indonesia, Island of Madura
Ghana
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Benin, United States of America
Regulated By
-
Akan Orthography Committee
Interesting Facts
- There is unique pronunciation system in the Madurese language.
- Madurese was first written using Javanese Alphabets.
- 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
Malay and Javanese Languages
Ewe and Ga-Dangme Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2721
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
610
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2116
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
43
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Greetings
Hello
Halo
ete-sen
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
Please
tolong
wae
Sorry
Nyuwun pangapunten
Kafra
Bye
Pamit
bye
I Love You
Kula tresna panjengan
Me doכ wo
Excuse Me
Nuwun séwu
mepa wo kyɛw
Dialects
Dialect 1
Kangean
Asante
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Ghana
How Many People Speak
110,000.009,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Bawean
Akuapem
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Ghana
How Many People Speak
8,000,000.009,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Bangkalan
Fante
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Ghana
How Many People Speak
8,000,000.001,900,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
63
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
15.00 million11.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.23 %0.17 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
15.00 million11.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
14.00 million21.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Madurese
Akan
Alternative Names
Basa Mathura, Madhura, Madura
Twi, Fante
French Name
madourais
akan
German Name
Maduresisch
Akan-Sprache
Pronunciation
[madura]
[ˈaːkã]
Ethnicity
Madurese
Akan people
History
Origin
8th Century AD
15
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Indonesian
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Madurese
Akan
Language Position
69104
1
120
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Signed Forms
Madurese Sign Language
Akan Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
Code
ISO 639 1
No data Available
ak
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mad
aka
ISO 639 2/B
mad
aka
ISO 639 3
mad
aka
ISO 639 6
-
aka
Glottocode
madu1247
akan1251
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
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