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Amikumu ( ; ) is a cross-platform app for smartphones (Android and iOS) which can be used to find people nearby who speak or learn the same languages as the user. The app was launched for Esperanto speakers on 22 April 2017 and for speakers of all languages during LangFest in Montreal on 25 August 2017. On 9 August 2018 Amikumu had members in more than 130 countries speaking 588 languages.

Key facts

Software.name
Amikumu
Software.title
Amikumu
Software.logo
Amikumu.png
Software.screenshot
Amikumu screenshot.png
Software.screenshot size
240px
Software.caption
Example of the main interface
Software.developer
Chuck Smith, Richard Delamore
Software.ver layout
stacked
Software.platform
Android, iOS
Software.license
Proprietary

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Wikidata facts

Official website
amikumu.com
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operating system
iOS
distributed by
Google Play
programmed in
Ruby on Rails
copyright license
proprietary license
email address
mailto:[email protected]
publication date
2017-04-27
software version identifier
4.6
terms of service URL
amikumu.com/privacy-terms
IPA transcription
/ɑːmiˈkuːmuː/
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Encyclopedic overview

4 sections
Contents
  • Architecture
  • Kickstarter campaign
  • References
  • External links

Amikumu ( ; ) is a cross-platform app for smartphones (Android and iOS) which can be used to find people nearby who speak or learn the same languages as the user. The app was launched for Esperanto speakers on 22 April 2017 and for speakers of all languages during LangFest in Montreal on 25 August 2017. On 9 August 2018 Amikumu had members in more than 130 countries speaking 588 languages.

== Architecture == The Android app is written in Java and Kotlin, the iOS app in Swift, and the server in Ruby on Rails.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Amikumu” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.