Central Tano languages

The Central Tano or Akan languages are languages of the Niger-Congo family (or perhaps the theorised Kwa languages[1]) spoken in Ghana and Ivory Coast by the Akan people.

  • Akan (Primarily in Ghana)
  • Bia (Primarily in Ivory Coast and Western Ghana)
    • North Bia
    • South Bia
      • Nzema
      • Ahanta
      • Jwira-Pepesa
Central Tano
Akan
Geographic
distribution		Ghana, Ivory Coast
Linguistic classificationNiger–Congo?
Subdivisions
Glottologcent2262

All have written forms in the Latin script.

References
  1. Ameka, Felix K.; Dakubu, Mary Esther Kropp (2008). Aspect and Modality in Kwa Languages. John Benjamins Publishing. ISBN 978-90-272-0567-4., p. 4


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