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Fanti

noun
Fan·​ti
variants: or Fante or less commonly Fantee \ ", ˈfän-​ \
plural Fanti or Fante or Fantis or Fantes

Definition of Fanti 

1a : 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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