Scripture in Akan
A complete Bible is reported in Akan.
From the Every Language research atlas and its sources. “No known Scripture” means none is recorded in those sources, not that none exists.
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Where Akan is spoken
- Germany
- Ghana
- Italy
- Ivory Coast
- Liberia
- Netherlands
- Togo
- United Kingdom
- United States
About Akan
- Language family
- Atlantic-Congo
- ISO 639-3 code
- aka
- Glottocode
- akan1250
- Also known as
- Akan: Abura Fanti
Languages grouped as Akan 2
ISO 639-3 treats Akan as a macrolanguage: closely related languages that are sometimes counted as one. Scripture is recorded for each member language, so Akan shows the best status among them.
Dialects and varieties 14
Each variety shows Scripture recorded for that exact variety; it may differ from Akan as a whole.
- Abura FantiNo known Scripture
- AgonaNo known Scripture
- AhafoNo known Scripture
- AkuapemNo known Scripture
- AkyemNo known Scripture
- Akyem BosomeNo known Scripture
- Anomabo FantiNo known Scripture
- AsanteNo known Scripture
- AsenNo known Scripture
- DankyiraNo known Scripture
- FanteNo known Scripture
- GomuaNo known Scripture
- KwawuNo known Scripture
- TwiNo known Scripture
Sources
- DIALECTS source registryDIALECTS research collection · Each original source retains its own terms
- GlottologHammarström, Forkel, Haspelmath & Bank, Glottolog 5.3 · CC BY 4.0
- Data provided by Joshua ProjectData provided by Joshua Project · Noncommercial missions research and educational use
- Every Language mapEvery Language and its attributed source providers · Owner-authorized publication; upstream terms retained
Atlas data as of 2026-09-05. Joshua Project data is used with permission for noncommercial ministry research and education. Glottolog data: CC BY 4.0. Macrolanguage membership: ISO 639-3 code tables, iso639-3.sil.org.