Language code: ak

Technical information about ISO 639 language code ak

The table below provides technical details for the Akan language, designated by the ak code from the ISO 639-1 standard.

Code

ak

Name

Official

Akan

Native

Akan

Family
Kwa
Scripts
Text direction

Left-to-Right

Plural rules

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Akan belongs to the Atlantic-Congo language family, more specifically to the Kwa subgroup. It is spoken by the Akan people of Ghana. It is estimated that there are more than 10 million speakers worldwide.

Language presence globally

Speakers

*The graph shows a rough estimate of Akan speakers in countries where it is an official or minority language.

Related locale codes

ak-GH Akan (Ghana)

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