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Akan

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A·kan  (äkän)
n. pl. Akan or A·kans
1. A South Central Niger-Congo language spoken in parts of Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire whose two main varieties are Fante and Twi.
2. A member of a people of Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire, including the Fante and the Twi.
Akan adj.
Akan [ˈɑːkɑːn]
n
1. (Social Science / Peoples) pl -kan, -kans a member of a people of Ghana and the E Ivory Coast
2. (Linguistics / Languages) the language of this people, having two chief dialects, Fanti and Twi, and belonging to the Kwa branch of the Niger-Congo family
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Noun1.Akan - a Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast
Kwa - a group of African language in the Niger-Congo group spoken from the Ivory Coast east to Nigeria


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