| Akuapem | |
|---|---|
| Akuapem | |
| Native to | Ghana |
| Ethnicity | Akuapem people |
Native speakers | 626,000 (2013)[1] |
| Latin | |
| Official status | |
| Regulated by | Akan Orthography Committee |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | akua1239 |
| IETF | tw-akuapem |
Akuapem, also known as Akuapim, Akwapem Twi, and Akwapi, is one of the principal members of the Akan dialect continuum, along with Bono and Asante, with which it is collectively known as Twi, and Fante, with which it is mutually intelligible.[2][3][4] There are 626,000 speakers of Akuapem, mainly concentrated in Ghana and southeastern Cote D'Ivoire.[2] It is the historical literary and prestige dialect of Akan, having been chosen as the basis of the Akan translation of the Bible.[4][5]
- ^ Akan at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ a b "Akan". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2019-12-25.
- ^ Schacter, Paul; Fromkin, Victoria (1968). A Phonology of Akan: Akuapem, Asante, Fante. Los Angeles: UC Press. p. 3.
- ^ a b Christaller, Johann Gottlieb (1875). A Grammar of the Asante and Fante Language Called Tshi Chwee, Twi Based on the Akuapem Dialect with Reference to the Other (Akan and Fante) Dialects. Basel evang. missionary society.
- ^ Ofosu-Appiah, L. H. (1998). "Christaller, Johannes Gottlieb". Dictionary of African Christian Biography.