Fanti

noun

Fan·​ti

variants or Fante or less commonly Fantee

",

ˈfän-

plural Fanti or Fante or Fantis or Fantes

1

a

: an African people of Ghana

b

: a member of such people

2

: a dialect of Akan spoken by the Fanti people

3

: a literary language based on the Fanti dialect and used by the Fanti and related peoples

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