Akan (/əˈkæn/) is a group of several closely related languages within the wider Central Tano languages. These languages are the principal native languages...

The Akan people of Ghana frequently name their children after the day of the week they were born and the order in which they were born. These "day names"...

The Akan (/ˈækæn/) people are a Kwa group living primarily in present-day Ghana and in parts of Ivory Coast and Togo in West Africa. The Akan speak dialects...

Tano languages Kwa languages, a language group which includes Akan Central Tano languages, a language group which includes Akan Akan (Ghana parliament...

([tɕᶣi]) is a variety of the Akan languages spoken in southern and central Ghana by several million people, mainly of the Akan people, the largest of the...

20% of the population. Eleven languages have the status of government-sponsored languages: three Akan ethnic languages (Akuapem Twi, Asante Twi and Fante)...

Tano or Akan languages are languages of the Niger-Congo family (or perhaps the theorised Kwa languages) spoken in Ghana and Ivory Coast by the Akan people...

(including Akan) Ga–Dangme Na-Togo [formerly] Gbe (inclusion doubtful, as they show more features of Kwa the closer one moves to Akan) The Lagoon languages of...

seventy or so indigenous languages fall into five main branches of the Niger–Congo family. In the southeastern quadrant are Kwa languages, some such as Baoulé...

minor languages of Ivory Coast, Ebrié and Mbato. The Tano branch includes the major languages of SE Ivory Coast and southern Ghana, Baoulé and Akan. Potou–Tano...

and orthographic writing system for Akan was completed by the Akan Orthography Committee (AOC) in 1968. Akan languages started to be written down mainly...

Although it is a Bia language, Nzema is also one of the many Akan languages, and it has had considerable influence from other Akan languages, especially Twi...

to the predominant local languages, those of Akan family, primarily Fante, Akuapem Twi and Asante twi. Other Akan languages employ variants on "oborɔnyi":...

of the principal members of the Akan dialect continuum. It is one of the three mutually intelligible dialects of Akan which are collectively known as...

over the next several years to accommodate various languages spoken in Ghana and Ivory Coast such as Akan, Dagbani, Ewe and Ga- a process that culminated...

as Fanti, Fantse, or Mfantse, is one of the four principal members of the Akan dialect continuum, along with Asante, Bono and Akuapem, the latter three...

Ndyuka". The language bears some similarity to Twi and other Akan languages spoken by the Akan people of Ghana.[citation needed] The IETF language tags have...

Akan religion comprises the traditional beliefs and religious practices of the Akan people of Ghana and eastern Ivory Coast. Akan religion is referred...

Tano language common to the Bono people and a major dialect of the Akan dialect continuum, and thus mutually intelligible with the principal Akan dialects...

you have forgotten." The sankofa bird appears frequently in traditional Akan art, and has also been adopted as an important symbol in an African-American...

ethnic group in Ghana Asante (name) Asante dialect, a dialect of the Akan languages Asante Kotoko S.C., a Ghanaian professional association football club...

The list of Akan people includes notable individuals of Akan meta-ethnicity and ancestry; the Akan people who are also referred to as (Akan: Akanfo) are...

also more purely Akan than regular Patois, with little to no contribution from other African languages. Today, the Maroon Spirit language is used by Jamaican...

Unified English Braille has been adopted. Four other languages have been written in braille: Akan (Twi), Ga, Ewe, and Dagaare. All three alphabets are...

and sees everything", and "omniscient, omnipotent sky deity" in the Akan language. The name Odomankoma means "Creator" which is said to be derived from...

In Ghana, an Outdooring (Ga: kpodziemo; Akan: abadinto, Ewe language “vihehedego”) is the traditional naming ceremony for infants. Traditionally this ceremony...

'Ethnological Notes on the Distribution of Guan Languages,' Journal of African Languages 2(3). 1966 'The Akan and the North,' Ghana Notes and Queries 9: 18-24...

Patois derive from the West African Akan language. It is spoken by the majority of Jamaicans as a native language. Patois developed in the 17th century...

of Akans. Bono is one of the largest ethnic group of Akan and are matrilineal people. Bono people speak the Bono Twi of Akan language. Twi language, thus...

an Akan female given name among the Akan people (i.e. Ashanti, Akuapem, Akyem, Fante) in Ghana that means "born on a Wednesday" in Akan language, following...