The Akan Language > LINGUIST List Language Search
Name:
Akan
Alternate Names:
Tšwi; Odschi; Otyi
Spoken in:
Ghana
Number of speakers:
8,300,000 in Ghana (2004 SIL). Population includes 2,800,000 Asante Twi, 1,900,000 Fante, 555,000 Akuapem Twi (2004)
(Ethnologue)
Code:
aka
Code Authority:
ISO 639-3
Code Standard:
SIL
Families:
Niger-Congo (Niger-Kordofanian)
Parent Subgroup:
Akan (akan)
Child Dialects:
Ahafo (aka-aha)
Dankyira (aka-dan)
Fante; Fanti; Mfantse (aka-fan)
Asante; Ashante Twi; Asanti; Achanti (aka-asa)
Asen (aka-ase)
Kwawu; Kwahu (aka-kwa)
Akuapem; Twi; Akwapem Twi; Akuapim; Akwapi (aka-aku)
Akyem Bosome (aka-aky)
Agona (aka-ago)

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