noun, plural A·kans, (especially collectively) A·kan for 2.
- a language of the Kwa branch of Niger-Congo spoken in much of Ghana and parts of the Ivory Coast.
- a member of any of various Akan-speaking peoples, including the Ashanti and Fanti.
noun
- plural -kan or -kans a member of a people of Ghana and the E Côte d’Ivoire
- the language of this people, having two chief dialects, Fanti and Twi, and belonging to the Kwa branch of the Niger-Congo family