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Pages in category "Ethnic groups in Ghana" The following 70 pages are in this category, out of 70 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Abidji people;
Ghana is a multilingual country in which about 80 languages are spoken. [16] English is the official language and lingua franca. [17] [18] Of the languages indigenous to Ghana, Akan is the most widely spoken. [19] Ghana has more than seventy ethnic groups, each with its own distinct language. [15]
Ghanaians predominantly inhabit the Republic of Ghana and are the predominant cultural group and residents of Ghana, numbering 34 million people as of 2024, making up 85% of the population. [27] [30] The word "Ghana" means "warrior king". [31] An estimated diaspora population of 4 million people worldwide are of Ghanaian descent. [32]
Akan refers to the language of the Akan ethnolinguistic group and the Akan language which was and is the most widely spoken and used indigenous language in the Akan peoples in Ghana. Each ethnic group having its own dialect [24] [25] Akan is officially recognized for literacy in the Akan-majority regions, at the primary and elementary ...
Ghana is a country of 33.48 million people and many native groups, such as: [1] [2] The Akans in the center and South of the country, The Ga and Adangbe in, around, and East of Accra, The Guan people in the rainforest, The Dagombas, Mamprusi, and related peoples in the North, The Gurunsi languages speaking peoples in the far North,
The following list includes societies that have been identified as matrilineal or matrilocal in ethnographic literature. "Matrilineal" means kinship is passed down through the maternal line. [1] The Akans of Ghana, West Africa, are Matrilineal. Akans are the largest ethnic group in Ghana.
Adja is the original tribe, whence the rest of these—except for Gen—are descended. The 'Greater' Ewe ethnic group has further been considered to include the Gbe-speaking groups such as Gen, Phera, Mina, Adja, Ewe, Kotafon and Fon. Mina and Gen are mutually intelligible with Ewe and are regarded as dialects of Ewe.
Ghana: By ethnicity Akan (45.7%), ... List of ethnic groups in Burma; Ethnic groups in the Middle East; African people. Indigenous people of Africa;