Langenesis

Niger-Congo family

Akan (Twi-Fante)

c. 1000 CE – today Living

Akan (Twi-Fante) (c. 1000 CE – today) is a living Niger-Congo language. Lineage: Proto-Niger-Congo → Proto-Atlantic-Congo → Proto-Kwa → Akan (Twi-Fante).

See Akan (Twi-Fante) on the interactive map
Speakers
11M (11,000,000)
ISO 639-3
aka
Glottocode
akan1250

Central Tano language cluster including Asante and Akuapem Twi and Fante; the most widely spoken language of Ghana.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Niger-Congoc. 10,000 BCE – 7,000 BCE
  2. Proto-Atlantic-Congoc. 7,000 BCE – 5,000 BCE
  3. Proto-Kwac. 4,000 BCE – 2,000 BCE
  4. Akan (Twi-Fante)c. 1000 CE – today

Sister languages 3

Also descended from Proto-Kwa.

Sources