Akan

A man speaking Asante Twi

Twi-Fante, commonly referred to by its speakers as either Twi (pronounced /ˈtʃwiː/) or Fante (/ˈfænti, ˈfɑːnti/) and academically and institutionally known by the broader term Akan (pronounced /əˈkæn/), is the most widely spoken language of Ghana, and the main native language of the Akan people, spoken over much of the southern half of Ghana. About 44% of Ghanaians are native speakers, and about 80% of Ghana's population speak Akan as a first or second language. The Bono dialect is also spoken across the border in Ivory Coast.