Akan
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Fact corner
- Language: Akan
- Alternate names: -
- SIL-code: Ethnologue:aka
- Language family: Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Kwa, Nyo, Potou-Tano, Tano, Central, Akan
- Number of speakers: 8,300,000
- Script: Latin script
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Introduction
Akan is spoken in two major dialects, Ashanti and Fante. It is spoken in Ghana.
The verb
Subject markers are prefixed to the stem.
Sample verb: hu(nu) 'to see'
Present
| Sg.1 | mihu |
| Sg.2 | wúhũ |
| Sg.3 | ohũ |
| Pl.1 | yehũ |
| Pl.2 | mṹhũ |
| Pl.3 | wohũ |