Concept information
Preferred term
Type
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language
Definition
- Akan, also known as Twi and Fante, is an Akan language that is the principal native language of Ghana, spoken over much of the southern half of that country, by about 52% of the population, and to a lesser extent across the border in eastern Côte d'Ivoire. Three dialects have been developed as literary standards with distinct orthographies, Asante, Akuapem (together called Twi), and Fante, which despite being mutually intelligible were inaccessible in written form to speakers of the other standards. In 1978 the Akan Orthography Committee established a common orthography for all of Akan, which is used as the medium of instruction in primary school by speakers of several other Akan languages such as Anyi, Sefwi, Ahanta as well as the Guang languages.
Entry terms
- Akan language
is focus of
ISO 639-2 Bibliographical code
- aka
ISO 639-2 Terminological code
- aka
ISO 639-1 code
- ak
ISO 639-3 code
- aka
In other languages
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Akan
Afrikaans
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Akan
Aghem
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Akan
Akan
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አካንኛ
Amharic
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الأكانية
Arabic
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لغة أكانية
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Llingua Akán
Asturian
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Kiakan
Asu
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akanca
Azerbaijani
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riakan
Bafia
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akankan
Bambara
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আকান
Bangla
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Hɔp u akan
Basaa
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Akanera
Basque
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Ichi Akan
Bemba
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Hiakan
Bena
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अकन
Bodo
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akan
Bosnian
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akan
Breton
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Akaneg
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акан
Bulgarian
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àkan
Catalan
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Àkan
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Takanit
Central Atlas Tamazight
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Orukani
Chiga
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阿坎语
Chinese
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akanski
Croatian
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akanština
Czech
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Akanština
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akan
Danish
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Akan
Dutch
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Kĩakan
Embu
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Akanaj lingvoj
Esperanto
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akani
Estonian
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blugbe
Ewe
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Ǹkɔ́bɔ akán
Ewondo
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Akan
Filipino
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Finnish
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Akanin kieli
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akan
French
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Akan
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Akaan
Fulah
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Akán
Galician
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Lingua akán
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Lu-akaani
Ganda
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Akan
German
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Akan-Sprachen
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Ακάν
Greek
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અકાન
Gujarati
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Kiakan
Gusii
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Akan
Hausa
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אקאן
Hebrew
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अकन
Hindi
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akan
Hungarian
-
akan
Icelandic
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Akanmál
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Akan
Igbo
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Akan
Indonesian
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akan
Italian
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Lingua akan
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アカン語
Japanese
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akan
Jola-Fonyi
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akan
Kabuverdianu
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Takanit
Kabyle
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kutitab Aka
Kalenjin
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Kiakan
Kamba
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ಅಕಾನ್
Kannada
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اَکان
Kashmiri
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Kiakan
Kikuyu
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아칸어
Korean
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아칸어군
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Akan senni
Koyraboro Senni
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Akan senni
Koyra Chiini
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Kiɛl akan
Kwasio
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Kɨakáani
Langi
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ອາການ
Lao
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akanu
Latvian
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Akanu valodas
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akan
Lingala
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akanų
Lithuanian
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Akanų kalba
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Liakan
Luba-Katanga
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Kiakan
Luo
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Kiakan
Luyia
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акан
Macedonian
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Kiakanyi
Machame
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Ikan
Makhuwa-Meetto
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Chakan
Makonde
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Akan
Malagasy
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അകാൻ
Malayalam
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Akan
Maltese
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Akanish
Manx
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अकान
Marathi
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nkʉtʉ́k ɔ́ɔ̄ lAkan
Masai
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Kĩakani
Meru
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akan
Morisyen
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akaŋ
Mundang
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Akangowab
Nama
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isi-Akhani
North Ndebele
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Akan
Norwegian
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akan
Norwegian Bokmål
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akan
Norwegian Nynorsk
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Thok aka̱ni
Nuer
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Orukani
Nyankole
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ଅକନ୍
Odia
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آکان
Persian
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Lenga Akan
Piedmontese
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akan
Polish
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Język akan
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akan
Portuguese
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Língua akan
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Akan simi
Quechua
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akan
Romanian
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akan
Romansh
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Kiakani
Rombo
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Igikani
Rundi
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акан
Russian
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Акан
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Kiakanyi
Rwa
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Kiakan
Samburu
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Akâan
Sango
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Ishiyakani
Sangu
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akan
Sena
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Akan
Serbian
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Kiakan
Shambala
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chiAkani
Shona
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akančina
Slovak
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akanščina
Slovenian
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Oluakaani
Soga
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Akan
Somali
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akan
Spanish
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Idioma acano
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Kiakan
Swahili
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Swedish
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Akan
-
Akan
Swiss German
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ⵜⴰⴽⴰⵏⵜ
Tachelhit
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Kiakan
Taita
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ஆகான்
Tamil
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அகன மொழி
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Akan senni
Tasawaq
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అకాన్
Telugu
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Kiakan
Teso
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อาคัน
Thai
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lea fakaʻakani
Tongan
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Akan
Turkish
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Akan
Twi
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акан
Ukrainian
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Акан
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اکان
Urdu
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Akaŋ
Vai
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Tiếng Akan
Vietnamese
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Kiakanyi
Vunjo
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Acaneg
Welsh
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akánɛ
Yangben
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Èdè Akani
Yoruba
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Akan senni
Zarma
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I-Akan
Zulu