The Central Tano or Akan languages are languages of the Niger-Congo family (or perhaps the theorised Kwa languages[1]) spoken in Ghana and Ivory Coast by the Akan people.
| Central Tano | |
|---|---|
| Akan | |
| Geographic distribution | Ghana, Ivory Coast |
| Linguistic classification | Niger–Congo?
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| Subdivisions | |
| Language codes | |
| Glottolog | cent2262 |
There are two or three languages, each with dialects that are sometimes treated as languages themselves:[2][3]
- Akanic (primarily in Ghana)
- Bia (primarily in Ivory Coast and Western Ghana)
All have written forms in the Latin script.
References
edit- ^ Ameka, Felix K.; Dakubu, Mary Esther Kropp (2008). Aspect and Modality in Kwa Languages. John Benjamins Publishing. ISBN 978-90-272-0567-4., p. 4
- ^ Stewart, John M. 1989. Kwa. In Bendor-Samuel, John (ed.), The Niger-Congo Languages, 216-245. University Press of America & SIL. p. 225.
- ^ Dolphyne, Florence Abena (1986) The languages of the Akan peoples. Research review. Vol. 2 No. 1, Pages 1-22[1] University of Ghana. p. 15.
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