Akan may refer to:

People and languages

Akan people The Akan () people are a kwa languages, Kwa group living primarily in present-day Ghana and in parts of Ivory Coast and Togo in West Africa. The Akan speak languages within the Central Tano languages, Central Tano branch of the Potou–Tano la ...

, an ethnic group in Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire *

Akan languages The Central Tano or Akan languages are a pair of dialect clusters of the Niger-Congo family (or perhaps the theorised Kwa languages) spoken in Ghana and Ivory Coast by the Akan people. There are two or three languages, each with dialects that ...

, a language group within the wider Central Tano languages *

Kwa languages The Kwa languages, often specified as New Kwa, are a proposed but as-yet-undemonstrated family of languages spoken in the south-eastern part of Ivory Coast, across southern Ghana, and in central Togo. The Kwa family belongs to the Niger-Congo ...

, a language group which includes Akan *

Central Tano languages The Central Tano or Akan languages are a pair of dialect clusters of the Niger-Congo family (or perhaps the theorised Kwa languages) spoken in Ghana and Ivory Coast by the Akan people. There are two or three languages, each with dialects t ...

, a language group which includes Akan

Places

Akan (Ghana parliament constituency) The Akan constituency is one of the constituency, constituencies represented in the Parliament of Ghana. It elects one Member of Parliament, Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. It is located in the Kadjebi Dis ...

* Akan District, Hokkaido, Japan ** Akan, Hokkaido, a town in Akan District, Hokkaido ** Akan National Park *** Akan Volcanic Complex, a volcano in Hokkaidō, Japan *** Lake Akan, a lake in Hokkaidō, Japan *** Akan River, a river in Hokkaidō, Japan * Akan, Wisconsin, a town in the United States

Other uses

* Akan religion, traditional beliefs and religious practices of the Akan people * Akan (surname), a surname * Akan names, names of Ghana origin * Akan (biblical figure), a person mentioned in the Book of Genesis * Akan (Maya god), a deity in Maya religion (identified with the god A') *Akan (あかん), a Japanese

Kansai dialect The is a group of Japanese dialects in the Kansai region (Kinki region) of Japan. In Japanese, is the common name and it is called in technical terms. The dialects of Kyoto and Osaka are known as , and were particularly referred to as su ...

phrase meaning "No way"

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