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The Akan language has a long list of spoken varieties, predominantly spoken in Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire. The most popular Akan language varieties in Ghana are Asante Twi, Akuapem Twi and Fante.
Akan is our oldest supported language at kasahorow. Our Akan effort started in 2005 with an Akan language keyboard, and an online dictionary and we eventually started publishing Akan books in 2012.
Akan is used between many people across the world.
Writing Conventions of kasahorow Akan
Modern Akan is a more readable form of written Akan. It is based on the orthographic harmonization work carried out by the Bureau of Ghana Languages and The Centre for Advanced Studies of African Society.
kasahorow Akan uses Modern Akan for writing. Modern Akan is a simpler spelling system for writing all the Akan languages including Akuapem Twi, Asante Twi, and Fante. Most notably, Modern Akan uses spaces to separate words belonging to different parts of speech. This makes it easier to read for new language learners. Here are the word categories used in the Modern Akan Dictionary and WOAKA: The kasahorow Dictionary.
nom.1
Most Akan nouns belong to this category and form their plural with a "n-" at the beginning of the dictionary entry. For example, dan (singular) becomes "ndan" (plural).
nom.2
The Akan nouns in this category and form their plural with a "m-" at the beginning of the dictionary entry. For example, baa (singular) becomes "mbaa" (plural).
nom.3
The Akan nouns in this category and form their plural with a "a-" at the beginning of the dictionary entry, and replace "-nyi" at the end of the dictionary entry with "-fo". For example, kuanyi (singular) becomes "akuafo" (plural).
nom.4
The Akan nouns in this category stay the same in their plural form . For example, nsu (singular) remains "nsu" (plural).
act.1
Most Akan verbs belong to this category. For example, saw.
Improve kasahorow Akan
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Application of kasahorow Akan
Akan word therapy is available on kasahorow.com.
Expressing Wonder in Akan
These are simple statements with subject (abaayewa no), action (di), and object (adiban no). For example, "Abaayewa no di adiban no."