The Akan or Central Tano languages are a pair of dialect clusters of the Atlantic–Congo family (perhaps in a theorised Kwa branch), p. 4 spoken in Ghana and Ivory Coast by the Akan people.
Akan is commonly called "Central Tano" to disambiguate it from the Twi-Fante language, which has commonly been called "Akan" since a unified Twi-Fante orthography was introduced.
Internal classification There are two or three languages, each with dialects that are sometimes treated as languages themselves:Stewart, John M. 1989. Kwa. In Bendor-Samuel, John (ed.), The Niger-Congo Languages, 216-245. University Press of America & SIL. p. 225.Dolphyne, Florence Abena (1986) The languages of the Akan peoples. Research review. Vol. 2 No. 1, Pages 1-22 University of Ghana. p. 15.
Twi-Fante (primarily in Ghana and East-central Ivory coast (Bono)) core (Asante Twi, Akuapem Twi and Fante) 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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