Fante

Language

Languagenatural language modern languageQ35570

Also known as Fanti · Fante dialect

Speakers: 2,800,000
Subclass of: Central Tano
, Akan
Script: Latin script

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Fante, also known as Fanti, Fantse, or Mfantse, is one of the three literary dialects of the Twi-Fante language, along with Asante and Akuapem Twi, with which it is mutually intelligible. It is principally spoken in the central and southern regions of Ghana as well as in settlements in other regions in western Ghana and Ivory Coast, as well as in Liberia, Gambia and Angola.

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Works in this language

3 linked to Fante in Wikidata

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24 statements · 29% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations

Country: Ghana
Wikimedia language code: fat

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14 identifiers linking Fante across the web's reference databases

5.5000, -1.2000OpenStreetMap ↗

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29%

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