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  1. 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 …

  2. 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 …

  3. 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.

  4. 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 …

  5. 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 …

  6. 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, …

  7. 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 …

  8. 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 …

  9. 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.

  10. 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 …