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Akan
[
ah
-kahn
]
A·kan
/
ˈɑ
kɑn
/
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ah
-kahn
]
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noun,
plural
A·kans,
(
especially collectively
)
A·kan
for 2.
1.
a
language
of the Kwa branch of Niger-Congo spoken in much of Ghana and parts of the Ivory Coast.
2.
a member of any of various Akan-speaking peoples, including the Ashanti and Fanti.
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Akan
(ˈɑːkɑːn)
—
n
,
-kan
,
-kans
1.
a member of a people of Ghana and the E Côte d'Ivoire
2.
the language of this people, having two chief dialects, Fanti and Twi, and belonging to the Kwa branch of the Niger-Congo family
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