Abron dialect

Abron
Native to	Ghana
Ethnicity	Abron tribe
Native speakers	1.2 million (1993–2003)^[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Kwa Potou–Tano Tano Central Tano (Akan) Akan Abron
Official status
Official language in	Ghana
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`abr`
Glottolog	`abro1238`^[2]

Abron (Brõ) or Bono is the language of the Abron people and a major dialect of the Akan language of Central Ghana. It is spoken by 1,050,000 in the region of Brong Ahafo (Central Ghana) and as well as 130,000 (as of 1993) in eastern Ivory Coast in the departments of Tanda and Bondoukou. Alternative or former names include Brong, Bron, Doma, and Gyaman.^[1]

Notes

↑ 1.0 1.1 Abron at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Abron". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.