Akan

See also: akan, akán, and àkan

English

Noun

Akan pl (plural only)

A people who inhabit Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire.

Adjective

Akan (not comparable)

Of or pertaining to the Akan people.
Of or pertaining to the Akan language and other related languages.

Proper noun

Akan

The Niger-Congo language spoken by these people.
A group of languages spoken in Ghana.
A volcano in Hokkaido, Japan.

Derived terms

Akan states

Translations

Niger-Congo language

Akan: Akan
Arabic: أَكَانِيَّة (ʔakāniyya)
Armenian: ական (hy) (akan)
Asturian: llingua akán, akán
Baluchi: اکان
Breton: akaneg
Catalan: àkan (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 阿坎语 (zh) (Ākǎn yǔ)
Czech: akanština (cs)
Dutch: Akan (nl) n
Ewe: Blu, Blugbe
Finnish: akan (fi)
German: Akan (de)
Irish: Acáinis f
Korean: 아칸어 (Akan-eo)
Latvian: akanu valodas
Malay: bahasa Akan, Akan
Norwegian: akan (no), akansk
Nynorsk: akan, akansk
Polish: akan
Portuguese: akan (pt) m
Russian: ака́н (ru) m (akán)
Sicilian: akan (scn)
Spanish: akan (es), acano (es)
Swedish: akan (sv)
Ukrainian: акан (akan)
Yoruba: Akan

language group spoken in Ghana

Akan: Akan
Arabic: أَكَانِيَّة (ʔakāniyya)
Armenian: ական (hy) (akan)
Asturian: akán
Breton: akaneg
Chinese:
Mandarin: 阿坎语 (zh) (Ākǎn yǔ)
Corsican: akan (co)
Czech: akanština (cs), akánština (cs)
Dutch: Akan (nl)
Esperanto: akana
Finnish: akan (fi)
French: akan (fr) m
Galician: akan (gl)
German: Akan (de)
Irish: Acáinis f
Italian: akan (it)
Korean: 아칸어군 (Akan-eogun)
Latvian: akanu valoda f
Malay: bahasa Akan, Akan
Norwegian: akan (no)
Polish: akan
Portuguese: akan (pt) m
Russian: ака́н (ru) m (akán), ака́нский язы́к m (akánskij jazýk)
Sicilian: akan (scn) m
Spanish: acano (es), akan (es)
Swedish: akan (sv)

See also

Kramanti, Koromanti

Wiktionary’s coverage of Akan terms
Akan language on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Akan people on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Akan edition of Wiktionary
ISO 639-1 code ak, ISO 639-3 code aka (SIL)
Ethnologue entry for Akan, aka ⁠, a macrolanguage including:

Ethnologue entry for Fante, fat ⁠
Ethnologue entry for Twi, twi ⁠

Anagrams

Kana, kana, knaa, naka

Malay

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /akan/

Proper noun

Akan

Akan (ethnic group)

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