Languages Spoken

Name: Ghana Languages Spoken
Creator: Wikidata
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

The languages spoken in Ghana with speaker counts, language family, and ISO 639-3 and Glottolog identifiers for joining to linguistic datasets. Sourced from Wikidata, CC0. 92 records.

v1.0last updated Sep 18, 2026 · snapshotlisting updated Sep 18, 2026GH₵9.0092 recordsCulture

Fields

Every column this dataset returns, with its type. This is the shape of the API response.

Field	Type
name	TEXT NOT NULL
description	TEXT
language_family	TEXT
speakers	BIGINT
iso_639_3	TEXT
glottolog_id	TEXT
wikidata_id	TEXT
source	TEXT

Preview

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First 5 rows of Languages Spoken
nameTEXT NOT NULL	descriptionTEXT	language familyTEXT	speakersBIGINT	iso 639 3TEXT	glottolog idTEXT	wikidata idTEXT	sourceTEXT
Adamorobe Sign Language	village sign language used in Adamorobe, an Akan village in eastern Ghana	—	—	ads	adam1238	Q27709	Wikidata (CC0)
Adele	language spoken in central eastern Ghana and central western Togo	Ghana–Togo Mountain	—	ade	adel1244	Q27740	Wikidata (CC0)
Agotime	Ghana–Togo Mountain language	Kwa	—	adq	adan1248	Q34730	Wikidata (CC0)
Ahanta	Niger-Congo language of Ghana	Central Tano	—	aha	ahan1243	Q34729	Wikidata (CC0)
Akan	language of Akan lands in Ghana	Kwa	11000000	aka	akan1250	Q28026	Wikidata (CC0)

nameTEXT NOT NULL	descriptionTEXT	language familyTEXT	speakersBIGINT	iso 639 3TEXT	glottolog idTEXT	wikidata idTEXT	sourceTEXT
example-name-1	example-description-1	example-language_family-1	10	example-iso_639_3-1	10	10	example-source-1
example-name-2	example-description-2	example-language_family-2	20	example-iso_639_3-2	20	20	example-source-2
example-name-3	example-description-3	example-language_family-3	30	example-iso_639_3-3	30	30	example-source-3
example-name-4	example-description-4	example-language_family-4	40	example-iso_639_3-4	40	40	example-source-4
example-name-5	example-description-5	example-language_family-5	50	example-iso_639_3-5	50	50	example-source-5
example-name-6	example-description-6	example-language_family-6	60	example-iso_639_3-6	60	60	example-source-6
example-name-7	example-description-7	example-language_family-7	70	example-iso_639_3-7	70	70	example-source-7
example-name-8	example-description-8	example-language_family-8	80	example-iso_639_3-8	80	80	example-source-8

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Endpoint

GET connect.apighana.com/api/data/languages_spoken

Auth: X-API-Key header
Pagination: page · limit
Format: JSON
Version: 1.0
Last updated: Sep 18, 2026from the source
Covers: A snapshotas of Sep 18, 2026
Refreshed: monthly
Last checked: Oct 1, 2026looked right
Source: Wikidata

How to cite

Cite this dataset and the organisation its records come from (Wikidata). Datasets are updated, so keep the date you accessed it in the citation. Last updated from the source on Sep 18, 2026.

API Ghana. (2026). Languages spoken (Version 1.0) [Data set, compiled from Wikidata]. Retrieved October 1, 2026, from https://apighana.com/datasets/languages-spoken

Code samples

cURL

curl "https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/languages_spoken?page=1&limit=20" \
  -H "X-API-Key: $APIGHANA_KEY"

JavaScript

const response = await fetch(
  "https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/languages_spoken?page=1&limit=20",
  { headers: { "X-API-Key": process.env.APIGHANA_KEY } },
);

const { data, meta } = await response.json();

Python

import os, requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/languages_spoken",
    headers={"X-API-Key": os.environ["APIGHANA_KEY"]},
    params={"page": 1, "limit": 20},
)

rows = response.json()["data"]

Field

Type

name

TEXT NOT NULL

description

TEXT

language_family

TEXT

speakers

BIGINT

iso_639_3

TEXT

glottolog_id

TEXT

wikidata_id

TEXT

source

TEXT

nameTEXT NOT NULL

descriptionTEXT

language familyTEXT

speakersBIGINT

iso 639 3TEXT

glottolog idTEXT

wikidata idTEXT

sourceTEXT

Adamorobe Sign Language

village sign language used in Adamorobe, an Akan village in eastern Ghana

—

ads

adam1238

Q27709

Wikidata (CC0)

Adele

language spoken in central eastern Ghana and central western Togo

Ghana–Togo Mountain

—

ade

adel1244

Q27740

Wikidata (CC0)

Agotime

Ghana–Togo Mountain language

Kwa

—

adq

adan1248

Q34730

Wikidata (CC0)

Ahanta

Niger-Congo language of Ghana

Central Tano

—

aha

ahan1243

Q34729

Wikidata (CC0)

Akan

language of Akan lands in Ghana

Kwa

11000000

aka

akan1250

Q28026

Wikidata (CC0)

nameTEXT NOT NULL

descriptionTEXT

language familyTEXT

speakersBIGINT

iso 639 3TEXT

glottolog idTEXT

wikidata idTEXT

sourceTEXT

example-name-1

example-description-1

example-language_family-1

example-iso_639_3-1

example-source-1

example-name-2

example-description-2

example-language_family-2

example-iso_639_3-2

example-source-2

example-name-3

example-description-3

example-language_family-3

example-iso_639_3-3

example-source-3

example-name-4

example-description-4

example-language_family-4

example-iso_639_3-4

example-source-4

example-name-5

example-description-5

example-language_family-5

example-iso_639_3-5

example-source-5

example-name-6

example-description-6

example-language_family-6

example-iso_639_3-6

example-source-6

example-name-7

example-description-7

example-language_family-7

example-iso_639_3-7

example-source-7

example-name-8

example-description-8

example-language_family-8

example-iso_639_3-8

example-source-8

How to cite

Cite this dataset and the organisation its records come from (Wikidata). Datasets are updated, so keep the date you accessed it in the citation. Last updated from the source on Sep 18, 2026.

API Ghana. (2026). Languages spoken (Version 1.0) [Data set, compiled from Wikidata]. Retrieved October 1, 2026, from https://apighana.com/datasets/languages-spoken

Code samples

cURL

curl "https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/languages_spoken?page=1&limit=20" \
  -H "X-API-Key: $APIGHANA_KEY"

JavaScript

const response = await fetch(
  "https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/languages_spoken?page=1&limit=20",
  { headers: { "X-API-Key": process.env.APIGHANA_KEY } },
);

const { data, meta } = await response.json();

Python

import os, requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/languages_spoken",
    headers={"X-API-Key": os.environ["APIGHANA_KEY"]},
    params={"page": 1, "limit": 20},
)

rows = response.json()["data"]