Twi

Twi
Twi
Pronunciation	[tɕᶣi]
Native to	Ghana
Region	Ahafo Region, Ashanti Region, Bono Region, Bono East Region, Central Region, Eastern Region
Ethnicity	Asante; Akuapem; Bono;
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Kwa Potou–Tano Tano Central Tano Akan Twi; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Dialects	Akuapem; Asante; Bono;
Writing system	Latin
Official status
Regulated by	Akan Orthography Committee
Language codes
ISO 639-1	tw
ISO 639-2	twi
ISO 639-3	twi (see [aka] for Ethnologue description)
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Twi ([tɕᶣi]) is the common name of the Akan without Fante.^[2]^[3] 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.^[4] 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.^[5]^[6]^[7]

Etymology

The name "Twi" is derived from the name of a Bono king, Nana Baffuor Twi.^[8]^[9]

References

^ Akan(Twi)
^ Akan(Twi-Fante). "Resource for self instructional learners of less commonly taught language". UW Press Journal.
^ "The languages of the Akan peoples". d.lib.msu.edu. pp. 8, 10, 11. Retrieved 18 April 2025.
^ 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.
^ The Akan of Ghana: Their Ancient Beliefs. Faber & Faber. 1958.
^ Anane Agyei, Nana Agyei-Kodie (2012). Ghana's Brong-Ahafo Region: story of an African society in the heart of the world. Abibrem Communications. p. 7.

External links

Akan at Ethnologue (22nd ed., 2019)
Language resources at LangMedia (Five College Center for World Languages)
Akan basic course
Bibliography of structural properties of the Twi language at WALS Online (The World Atlas of Language Structures)
Akuapem Twi to English Parallel Text Dataset

[1] Akan(Twi)

[2] Akan(Twi-Fante). "Resource for self instructional learners of less commonly taught language". UW Press Journal.

[3] "The languages of the Akan peoples". d.lib.msu.edu. pp. 8, 10, 11. Retrieved 18 April 2025.

[4] Dolphyne, Florence Abena (1986) The languages of the Akan peoples. Research review. Vol. 2 No. 1, Pages 1-22[1] University of Ghana.

[e27-5] Akan at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024)

[6] African 671, University of Wisconsin-Madison Students in. "About Akan (Twi)". UW Press Journals.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[7] Boaheng, Isaac (2021). "An Akan (Bono-Twi) Mother-Tongue Commentary on the Second Letter of John". Journal of Mother Tongue Biblical Hermeneutics and Theology.

[8] The Akan of Ghana: Their Ancient Beliefs. Faber & Faber. 1958.

[9] Anane Agyei, Nana Agyei-Kodie (2012). Ghana's Brong-Ahafo Region: story of an African society in the heart of the world. Abibrem Communications. p. 7.

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