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 (/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...

The Akan people of Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire and Togo frequently name their children after the day of the week they were born and the order in which they were...

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...

Akan may refer to: Akan people, an ethnic group in Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire Akan languages, a language group within the wider Central Tano languages Kwa...

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

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...

symbols.[citation needed] Akan at Ethnologue (26th ed., 2023) Nkyea, Adinkra. "Adinkra Syllabary". Biswajit Mandal. "Language Subtag Registry". Internet...

from Gold Coast region (particularly of the Asante-Twi dialect of the Akan language of Ghana). Most Jamaican proverbs are of Asante people, while some included...

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...

as Abron or Brong, is a Central Tano language common to the Bono people and closely related to the Akan language. Bono has some mutually intelligibility...

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

other architectural features. Adinkra symbols appear on some traditional Akan goldweights. The symbols are also carved on stools for domestic and ritual...

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...

uses the following letters to indicate the following phonemes: Akan language Anyin language Baoulé at Ethnologue (26th ed., 2023) Koffi, Ettien N'da (1990)...

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

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

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

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

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...

of the first descriptive grammar of his native Fante dialect of the Akan language. Nkrumah was also initiated into Prince Hall Freemasonry while living...

Krobu West Tano: Abure, Eotile Central Tano (Bia and the Akan language, a.k.a. the Akan languages) Guang Proto-Potou-Akanic reconstructions (Wiktionary)...

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...

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...

found in West African cuisine. It is a Twi word that originates from the Akans in Ghana. The word has been expanded to include several variations of the...

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

kreyòl), is a French-based creole language spoken by 10 to 12 million people worldwide, and is one of the two official languages of Haiti (the other being French)...

It is known as angwa moo in the Akan language, literally "oil rice" or omɔ kɛ fɔ(omor ker for) in the Ga language. It is prepared with few ingredients...

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...

given name originating from the Akan people and their day naming system, meaning "born on a Thursday" in Akan language, following their day naming system...