Ghana : When you learn Akan - whose language do you learn?

Submitted by sociolingo on Fri, 08/15/2008 - 11:58.

Anything to do with 'Akan' seems popular on this blog. But have you ever thought about what exactly is meant by the term? There is a great article on abibitumikasa.com which appeared as a forum comment by Akyeame-Kwame. It delineates the difficulties in defining languages.

The name 'Akan'

When you learn Akan - whose language do you learn?
The word 'Akan' designates quite different groups of people depending on the period of time at which it was used and on the context in which it was or is being used. Roughly, we can distinguish between its traditional native use, its use as a scientific classificatory term, and its (modern) socio-political use.

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