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Akan

Akan

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A language spoken in Ghana and Ivory Coast
  • noun
: akan
  • The Akan language is widely spoken in Ghana, where many people learn it from a young age.

Examples

  • Many children in the Ivory Coast grow up speaking Akan at home and French at school.

  • Spartans are trying to claim union with the Akans, not dominance over them.

  • Students at the university are conducting research on Akan culture and its influence in West Africa.

Synonyms

Akan language
vsAkan
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A language spoken mainly in Ghana and Ivory Coast

has identical meaning but is the shorter name without the word language

Compounds

Akan language
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A language spoken mainly in Ghana and Ivory Coast

Surface Forms

Akan singular
Akans plural

Etymology

Akan comes from the name of the Akan people who live in parts of Ghana and the Ivory Coast. So Akan refers to those people and to the language they speak.