Spoken L1 Language: Akan
- AES status:
- not endangered
- Source:
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David M. Eberhard and Gary F. Simons and Charles D. Fennig 2024
- Comment:
- Akan (aka-aka) = 3 (Wider communication). De facto national working language. Became widely spoken around the 17th century. Used in slave trade by the Akan people in exchange for firearms. Also used in gold mining, trade, and farming. Officially recognized for literacy.
Glottolog
[aka] at ISO 639-3
[aka] at OLAC
[aka] at IMTVault
Akan at Grambank
Akan at WALS
Wikipedia
PHOIBLE
Wikidata