Central Tano languages

Central Tano
Akan
Geographic distribution:	Ghana, Ivory Coast
Linguistic classification:	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Potou–Tano Tano Central Tano
Subdivisions:	Bia Akan languages
Glottolog:	cent2262[1]

The Central Tano or Akan languages are languages of the Niger-Kongo family (or perhaps the theorised Kwa languages^[2]) spoken in Ghana and Ivory Coast by the Akan people.

• Akan language (Akan proper)
• Bia
  • North Bia
    • Anyin
    • Baoulé
    • Chakosi (Anufo)
    • Sefwi (Sehwi)
  • South Bia
    • Nzema
    • Ahanta
    • Jwira-Pepesa

All have written forms in the Latin script.

References

1. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Central Tano". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
2. Ameka, Felix K.; Dakubu, Mary Esther Kropp (2008). Aspect and Modality in Kwa Languages. John Benjamins Publishing. ISBN 90-272-0567-1., p. 4