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| Twi | |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | [tɕᶣi] |
| Native to | Ghana |
| Region | Ashanti Region |
| Ethnicity | |
| Dialects | |
| Latin | |
| Official status | |
Official language in | Ashanti Region |
Recognised minority language in | |
| Regulated by | Akan Orthography Committee |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-1 | tw |
| ISO 639-2 | twi |
| ISO 639-3 | twi (see [aka] for Ethnologue description) |
Twi ([tɕᶣi]) is the common name of the Akan literary dialects of Asante and Akuapem.[1] Effectively, it is a synonym for 'Akan' that is not used by the Fante people. It is not a linguistic grouping, as Akuapem Twi is more closely related to Fante dialect than it is to Asante Twi.[2] Twi generally subsumes the following Akan dialects: Ahafo, Akuapem, Akyem, Asante, Asen, Bono, Dankyira and Kwawu, which have about 4.4 million speakers in southern and central Ghana.[3][4][5]
- ^ Arhin, Kwame; Studies, University of Ghana Institute of African (1979). A Profile of Brong Kyempim: Essays on the Archaeology, History, Language and Politics of the Brong Peoples of Ghana. Afram.
- ^ Dolphyne, Florence Abena (1986) The languages of the Akan peoples. Research review. Vol. 2 No. 1, Pages 1-22[1] University of Ghana.
- ^ Akan at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024)
- ^ African 671, University of Wisconsin-Madison Students in. "About Akan (Twi)". UW Press Journals.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Boaheng, Isaac (2021). "An Akan (Bono-Twi) Mother-Tongue Commentary on the Second Letter of John". Journal of Mother Tongue Biblical Hermeneutics and Theology.
