Akan
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English
Noun
Akan pl (plural only)
- A people who inhabit Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire.
Adjective
Akan (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to the Akan people.
- Of or pertaining to the Akan language and other related languages.
Proper noun
Akan
- The Niger-Congo language spoken by these people.
- A group of languages spoken in Ghana.
- A volcano in Hokkaido, Japan.
Derived terms
Translations
Niger-Congo language
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language group spoken in Ghana
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See also
- Kramanti, Koromanti
- Wiktionary’s coverage of Akan terms
Akan language on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - Akan people on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Akan edition of Wiktionary
- ISO 639-1 code ak, ISO 639-3 code aka (SIL)
- Ethnologue entry for Akan, aka
, a macrolanguage including:
- Ethnologue entry for Fante, fat
- Ethnologue entry for Twi, twi
Anagrams
Malay
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Akan
- Akan (ethnic group)