Language



Language

Different sources give different figures for the number of **languages of Ghana**. This is because of different classifications of varieties as either [|languages] or [|dialects]. [|Ethnologue] lists a total of 79 languages. As with many ex-colonies in Africa, the [|official language] of [|Ghana] is the colonial language, [|English]. Nine languages have the status of government-sponsored languages: [|Akan], [|Dagaare]/Wale, [|Dagbani], [|Dangme], [|Ewe], [|Ga], [|Gonja], [|Kasem], [|Nzema]. However, two dialects of Akan, [|Twi] and [|Fante], although not government-sponsored, are also widely-spoken in Ghana.