Akan language

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This language has its own Wikipedia Project. You can visit and contribute at the Akan language Wikipedia.

The Akan language belongs to the Kwa language family. It is spoken in Ghana, and is made up of a group of similar languages which are mutually intelligible. Among the twelve dialects are Ashanti, Fante, Akuapem, Akyem, Twi, Kwahu and Brong. The Akan language is one of the primary government-sponsored languages in Ghana.

The language came to South America, notably Suriname with the slaves. Escaped slaves in the interior of Suriname still use a form of this language, including the custom of naming children the day of the week that they were born e.g. Kwasi (for a boy) or Kwasiba (girl) born on a Sunday. In Suriname also the Anansi spider stories are well known.

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