Ashantin.
/əˈʃanti/, U.S. /əˈʃɑnti/, West African English /aˈʃanti/, /aˈsanti/ One of the Akan peoples of West Africa; a member of this people. Also, their language.
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the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of Africa > peoples of West Africa > [noun]
Fulbe1623
Mandingo1623
Akani1662
Gola1670
Ashanti1705
Beninese1705
Wolof1745
Igbo1757
Susu1786
Temne1791
Mossi1819
Ibibio1822
Koranko1825
Vaia1832
Sherbro1836
Yoruba1843
Akan1849
Songhai1851
Yoruban1853
Mitshi1854
Ijo1856
Igbirra1863
Soninke1869
Efik1876
Kanuri1876
Fante1879
Malinke1883
Mande1883
Kissi1884
Nupe1885
Mende1887
Ho1890
Benin1897
Limba1902
Munchi1905
Kono1909
Senufo1911
Tallensi1920
Yakö1926
Mandinka1957
Tiv1960
Togolese1962
Loma1964
the mind > language > languages of the world > African languages > Niger-Kordofanian > [noun] > Niger-Congo > Niger-Congo proper languages > Kwa family > languages of
Fante1819
Yoruba1841
Ijo1856
Igbirra1863
Fon1864
Ashanti1874
Twi1874
Nupe1877
Igbo1880
Edo1957
1705 tr. W. Bosman New Descr. Coast of Guinea vi. 76 The Plunder after this Victory took up the Asiantines fifteen days time... This Messenger of ours, who is now in the Asiantean Camp.
1721 J. Atkins in New Coll. Voyages & Travels (1745) II. iii. iv. 454/1 It seems, the Santîs, or Assantîs..had lately..driven them from their Habitations.
1824 J. Dupuis Jrnl. Residence in Ashantee i. 21 A party of Ashantees..suddenly approached.
1831 H. I. Rickett (title) Narrative of the Ashantee War.
1873 J. Marshall Let. 9 Nov. in W. R. Brownlow Memoir J.M. (1890) ii. 19 His party had fired on some Ashantis two days before.
1874 J. G. Christaller et al. (title) A Dictionary, English, Tshi-Asànté-Akra.
1875 J. G. Christaller et al. Gram. Tshi p. xv As a common name of the ‘Asante and Fante Language’ we have put down the name Tshi.
1880 J. Marshall Let. 9 Nov. in W. R. Brownlow Memoir J.M. (1890) iii. 51 Since the Ashanti War, communication is becoming more constant..with the interior.
1962 Listener 25 Jan. 156/1 There should be no reference to Fantis, Ashantis, Ewes, Gas, Dagombas, ‘strangers’, and so forth, but we should all call ourselves Ghanaians.
Derivatives
Aˈshantian adj.
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the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of Africa > peoples of West Africa > [adjective]
Akani1686
Ashantian1705
Igbo1732
Mandingo1744
Nago1775
Temne1791
Wolof1828
Nupe1829
Kru1835
Gola1843
Mpongwe1844
Efik1849
Yoruban1853
Mossi1854
Fulbe1857
Ewe1861
Fan1861
Ibibio1862
Akan1863
Fon1864
Soninke1870
Mende1872
Ijo1883
Mande1883
Yoruba1883
Mitshi1892
Benin1893
Munchi1908
Yakö1926
Tallensi1936
Tiv1939
Limba1954
Kissi1957
Loma1957
1705*Asiantean [see main sense].
1880 G. A. Sala Amer. Revisited (1882) I. xvi. 227 [The features] of his companion were of almost brutish Ashantian or Dahomian ruggedness.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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