ISO 639-3 · akaaka
Niger–Congo family · macrolanguage
Akan
akan
Akan is a macrolanguage of the Central Tano branch (Niger–Congo), spoken in Ghana and Ivory Coast. Wikidata counts 11 m first-language speakers (2007). Wikidata describes it as “language of Akan lands in Ghana”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
aka- ISO 639-1
ak- Glottocode
akan1250- Family
- Niger–Congo
- Centre point
- 6.00, -1.00
- Wikipedia
- 73 language editions
11 mfirst-language speakers
—second-language speakers
2countries
2scripts
7levels in the tree
3EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Akan · akan |
|---|---|
| Also called | Twi language, Fante language, Akan language |
| L1 speakers | 11,000,000 (2007) |
| All speakers | 8,314,600 (2004) |
| Written in | Latin script, Akan Braille |
| Kind | macrolanguage |
Vitality
EGIDS 3 Wider Communication3
Institutional. Used in government, education and media — EGIDS 0 to 4.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Niger–Congo to Akan
The branches above Akan, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in Ghana
engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationalhauHausaAfroasiatic · 43.9 m2 · ProvincialmosMooréNiger–Congo · 7.6 m3 · Wider CommunicationgpeGhanaian Pidgin EnglishIndo-European · 5 m3 · Wider CommunicationdagDagbanliNiger–Congo · 4.2 m4 · EducationaleweEweNiger–Congo · 3 m3 · Wider CommunicationdgaDagaareNiger–Congo · 1.1 m4 · EducationalgurFrafraNiger–Congo · 820,0004 · EducationalgaaGaNiger–Congo · 745,0004 · EducationalkusKusaalNiger–Congo · 121,0005 · Developing