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Preferred term

fatFanti  

Type

  • Language

Definition

  • Fante (Mfantse, Fanti) is one of the three formal languages (literary dialects) of the Akan language. It is the major local language spoken in the Central and Western Regions of Ghana as well as in settlements in other regions from mid to southern Ghana. One of such communities is Fante New Town in Kumasi, in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. Fante is the common language of communication among the several Kingdoms of the Fante people, though each has its own (sub)dialect: Agona, Anomabo, Abura, Gomua, Oguaa, Ahanta. Many Fantes are bilingual. Notable speakers include Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, John Atta Mills, Maya Angelou, Roman Catholic Cardinal Peter Turkson, and Kofi Annan.

Entry terms

  • Fante dialect

ISO 639-2 Bibliographical code

  • fat

ISO 639-2 Terminological code

  • fat

ISO 639-3 code

  • fat

Notation

  • fat

In other languages

  • fanti

    French

  • Fanti
  • Fante

    German

  • Fanti-Sprache
  • fanti

    Italian

  • fanti

    Portuguese

  • Língua fanti
  • fanti

    Spanish

URI

http://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/fat

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