Language · ISO 639-3 fat
Fanti Language
Fanti is a language spoken by about 2.8 million people in 1 country. It is written in the Latin script.
Where Fanti is spoken
- Official language
- Regional official
- Spoken by 10%+
- 1–10%
- Smaller communities
Countries that speak Fanti
Language family
No family classification is available.
Writing system
Latin script
About the Fanti language
Fanti is spoken by about 2.8 million people, which makes it the 262nd most spoken language in the world — just behind Tibetan (2.8 million) and ahead of South Bolivian Quechua (2.8 million).
Where is Fanti spoken?
Fanti is used in 1 country. The largest communities live in Ghana (1.9 million).
Fanti is not a national official language anywhere.
Writing system and status
Fanti is written in the Latin script.
ISO codes: ISO 639-3 fat.
Frequently asked questions about Fanti
How many people speak Fanti?
Where is Fanti spoken?
Is Fanti an endangered language?
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.