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
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by the
Akan people.
There are two or three languages, each with dialects that are sometimes treated as languages themselves:
[Dolphyne, Florence Abena (1986) The languages of the Akan peoples. ''Research review''. Vol. 2 No. 1, Pages 1-]
University of Ghana. p. 15.
*Akanic (primarily in Ghana)
**core
Akan language, Akan (Asante, Akuapem and Fante dialects)
**
Bono
**
Wasa
*Bia (primarily in Ivory Coast and Western Ghana)
**Northern Bia language
***
Anyin dialect
***
Baoulé dialect
***
Chakosi (Anufo) dialect
***
Sefwi (Sehwi) dialect
**Southern Bia language
***
Nzema dialect
***
Ahanta dialect
***
Jwira–Pepesa dialect
All have written forms in the
Latin script
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.
References
Potou–Tano languages
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