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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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