Akan

language of Akan lands in Ghana
Intangible natural_language Q28026
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Akan

Summary

Akan is a natural language[1]. Akan draws 1,253 Wikipedia views per month (natural_language category, ranking #101 of 734).[2]

Key Facts

  • Akan is in the country of Ghana[3].
  • Akan is in the country of Ivory Coast[4].
  • Akan's instance of is recorded as natural language[5].
  • Akan's instance of is recorded as macrolanguage[6].
  • Akan's instance of is recorded as modern language[7].
  • Akan is a type of Central Tano[8].
  • Akan is a type of Kwa[9].
  • Akan's writing system is recorded as Latin script[10].
  • Akan's writing system is recorded as Akan Braille[11].
  • Akan's Commons category is recorded as Akan language[12].
  • Akan's Wikimedia language code is recorded as ak[13].
  • Akan comprises Fante[14].
  • Akan comprises Twi[15].
  • Akan's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 6, 'lon': -1}[16].
  • Akan's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Akan language[17].
  • Akan's language regulatory body is recorded as Bureau of Ghana Languages[18].
  • Akan's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+11000000'}[19].
  • Akan's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+8314600'}[20].
  • Akan's described by source is recorded as The Oxford Encyclopedia of African Thought[21].
  • Akan's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'ak', 'text': 'akan'}[22].
  • Akan's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'ak', 'text': 'Akan'}[23].
  • Akan's indigenous to is recorded as Ghana[24].
  • Akan's exact match is recorded as http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/AKA[25].
  • Akan's Ethnologue language status is recorded as 3 Wider Communication[26].
  • Akan's linguistic typology is recorded as subject–verb–object[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include natural language[5], macrolanguage[6], and modern language[7]. Recorded subclass of include Central Tano[8] and Kwa[9].

Use and Application

Components include Fante[14], a natural language[28], in Ghana[29] and Twi[15], a natural language[30], in Ghana[31].

Why It Matters

Akan draws 1,253 Wikipedia views per month (natural_language category, ranking #101 of 734).[2] Akan has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] Akan is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . iso639-3.sil.org. iso639-3.sil.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Nationalencyklopedin. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Ethnologue. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . github.com. github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Language. op.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Ethnologue. Retrieved . ethnologue.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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    Coordinate location {'lat': 6, 'lon': -1}
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    Subclass of Central Tano, Kwa
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