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Akan

Language of Akan lands in Ghana

Languagenatural language macrolanguage modern languageQ28026

Also known as Twi language · Fante language · Akan language

Speakers: 11M(2007)
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1.Stated in NationalencyklopedinRetrieved 2022-04-24
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, 8,314,600(2004)
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1.Stated in Ethnologue
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Subclass of: Central Tano
, Kwa
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1.Stated in The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language
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Script: Latin script
, Akan Braille
Indigenous to: Ghana

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Twi-Fante, commonly referred to by its speakers as either Twi or Fante and academically and institutionally known by the broader term Akan, is a widely spoken language of Ghana and the main native language of the Akan people. Spoken over much of the southern half of Ghana, about 44% of Ghanaians are native speakers, and about 80% of Ghana's population speak Akan as a first or second language. The Bono dialect is also widely spoken in Ghana and across the border in Ivory Coast.

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Language regulatory body: Bureau of Ghana Languages
Wikimedia language code: ak
Native label: akan
Akan
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1.github.com/unicode-org/cldr/blob/main/common/main/ak.xml
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Linguistic typology: subject–verb–object
Ethnologue language status: 3 Wider Communication
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1.Stated in Ethnologueethnologue.com/language/akaRetrieved 2019-05-10
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Country: Ghana
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1.“ScriptSource - Ghana”scriptsource.org/country/GHRetrieved 2023-08-21
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Ivory Coast
Members / parts: Fante
Twi

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6.0000, -1.0000OpenStreetMap ↗

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