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Twi ([tɕᶣi]) is the common name of the Akan literary dialects of Asante and Akuapem. 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. 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.

Etymology

The name "Twi" is derived from the name of a Bono king, Nana Baffuor Twi.

References

1. 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.
2. Dolphyne, Florence Abena (1986) The languages of the Akan peoples. Research review. Vol. 2 No. 1, Pages 1-22 University of Ghana.
3. Akan at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024) [REDACTED]
4. African 671, University of Wisconsin-Madison Students in. "About Akan (Twi)". UW Press Journals.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
5. Boaheng, Isaac (2021). "An Akan (Bono-Twi) Mother-Tongue Commentary on the Second Letter of John". Journal of Mother Tongue Biblical Hermeneutics and Theology.
6. The Akan of Ghana: Their Ancient Beliefs. Faber & Faber. 1958.

External links

• Akan at Ethnologue (22nd ed., 2019) [REDACTED]
• 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

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