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Twi has about 4.4 million speakers. [1] Twi is a common name for mutually intelligible former literary dialects of the Akan language of Bono, Asante and Akuapem. [2] [3] [4] Akuapem, as the first Akan variety to be used for Bible translation, has become the prestige dialect as a result. [5] It is also spoken by the people of southeastern Côte ...
Twi A. Elementary Twi. Catalog Number: 0023. John M. Mugane. Course Instructor: Cynthia Owusu. Full course (indivisible). Hours to be arranged. Twi is one of the regional languages of the Akan speaking peoples of Ghana, constituting the largest ethnic group in Ghana. Twi is fast becoming the lingua franca of the country.
The Twi language is one of the major languages of the Akan language family in West Africa. It is spoken predominantly in Ghana, West Africa, by about 85 percent of the Ghanaian population (both native and non-native speakers). Native Twi speakers constitute about 45 percent of the population of Ghana, whereas native Akan speakers, in general ...
For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. Akan ( / əˈkæn / [2]) is a group of several closely related languages within the wider Central Tano languages. These languages are the principal native languages of the Akan people of Ghana, spoken over much of the southern half of Ghana. [3]
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Twi is a variety of Akan, a member of the Kwa sub-group of Niger-Congo languages. There are about 7 million Twi speakers, mainly in Ghana. Major dialects of Twi include Akuapem Twi and Asante Twi, which are all mutually intelligible. Akuapem Twi was the first dialect to be used for Bible translation, and became the prestige dialect as a result ...
Twi (Akan, Asante) A Niger-Congo language and a member of the Kwa family, spoken by up to 8 million people in Ghana (mainly between the Volta and Tano Rivers) and the Cote d'Ivoire, with some further speakers in Togo. It is an important lingua franca in the region; also known as Akan. The language is spoken in two major dialects - Ashanti and ...
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Akan languages, dialect cluster of the Nyo group within the Kwa branch of the Niger-Congo language family. Its principal members are Asante (Ashanti), Fante (Fanti), Brong (Abron), and Akuapem. The Akan cluster is located primarily in southern Ghana, although many Brong speakers live in eastern.
