
Akan language - Wikipedia
Akan (/ əˈkæn / [2]), or Twi-Fante, [3] is the most widely-spoken language of Ghana, and the principal native language of the Akan people, spoken over much of the southern half of …
Akan languages | West African, Twi, Fante | Britannica
Akan languages, dialect cluster of the Nyo group within the Kwa branch of the Niger-Congo language family. Its principal members are Asante (Ashanti), Fante (Fanti), Brong (Abron), and …
Akan languages, alphabet and pronunciation - Omniglot
Akan is a Kwa language spoken in Ghana and Ivory Coast by about 9.2 million people. Akan dialects include Twi, Asante and Fante.
The Akan Language - Ohio University
Akan belongs to the Kwa subdivision of the Niger–Congo group of African languages. Over 40% of the Ghanaian population speak various dialects of the Akan language as their mother …
Akan Language - LearnAkan
Akan, a Central Tano language, constitutes one of the many languages which form the Kwa sub-family of the higher Niger-Congo phylum. It is mainly spoken by the Akan ethnic group of …
Akan Speech and Language Development | Bilinguistics
Akan is often considered a “dialect continuum,” with various mutually intelligible forms like Asante Twi, Fante, Akuapem Twi, and Bono. Akan is spoken by 11.4 million people in the world, …
Akan language explained
Akan is the largest language of Ghana, and the principal native language of the Akan people, spoken over much of the southern half of Ghana. About 80% of Ghana's population speak …
Akan speaking countries - Worlddata.info
During the colonial period and beyond, Akan served as the lingua franca in large parts of Ghana and neighboring areas. In Ghana today, Akan is the most widely spoken language group and …
Central Tano languages - Wikipedia
The Central Tano or Akan languages are a pair of dialect clusters of the Niger-Congo family (or perhaps the theorised Kwa languages) [1] spoken in Ghana and Ivory Coast by the Akan people.
Akan - University of California, Berkeley
Akan is a Kwa language of the Niger-Kordofanian family spoken by approximately 4.5 million people in Ghana. The major dialects include Fante, Asante and Akuapem; the latter two are …