Atlantic-Congo · ISO 639-3 abr
Abron Language Brong
Abron is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken by about 3.0 million people in 1 country. It is written in the Latin script.
Where Abron is spoken
- Official language
- Regional official
- Spoken by 10%+
- 1–10%
- Smaller communities
About the Abron language
Abron (Brong) is spoken by about 3.0 million people, which makes it the 245th most spoken language in the world — just behind Yao (3.1 million) and ahead of Tosk Albanian (3.0 million). It belongs to the Atlantic-Congo language family and, more precisely, to the Akanic group within the Kwa Volta-Congo branch.
Where is Abron spoken?
Abron is used in 1 country. The largest communities live in Ghana (1.7 million).
Abron is not a national official language anywhere.
Writing system and status
Abron is written in the Latin script. It is a safe, widely transmitted language: children still learn it at home as their first language.
Its closest relatives in the same branch of the family are Baoulé, Anyin, Akan, Ewe, Fon, Ci Gbe and 2 more.
ISO codes: ISO 639-3 abr.
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Data: Languages of the World dataset (MIT) — ISO 639-3, Glottolog (CC BY 4.0), Unicode CLDR, Google LinguaMeta (CC BY 4.0) and Wikidata; country lists: samayo/country-json (MIT). Speaker numbers include first- and second-language speakers where sources report them.