Akan language

Akan
	Akan
Native to	Ghana, Ivory Coast (Abron), Benin (Tchumbuli)
Ethnicity	Akan people
Native speakers	32 million (2017)
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Kwa Potou–Tano Tano Central Tano Akan; ; ; ; ; ;
Writing system	Latin (Twi alphabet, Fante alphabet); Twi Braille
Official status
Official language in	None.; — Government-sponsored language of Ghana
Regulated by	Akan Orthography Committee
Language codes
ISO 639-1	ak
ISO 639-2	aka
ISO 639-3	aka – inclusive code; Individual codes:; abr – Abron dialect; bqa – Tchumbuli; fat – Fante dialect; twi – Twi; wss – Wasa
Glottolog	akan1251 Akanic
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Akan is a language group spoken by related peoples in mainly Ghana and eastern Côte d'Ivoire. It is understood by roughly 99% of Ghana's population.

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↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Akanic". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.

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[Glottolog-1] Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Akanic". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.

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