Tswi (a̱lyem)

Twi ([tɕᶣi]) is a variety of the Akan language spoken in southern and central Ghana by several million people, mainly of the Akan people, the largest of the seventeen major ethnic groups in Ghana. Twi has about 4.4 million speakers.[1]

Twi Akwapem Twi Pronunciation [tɕᶣi] Native to Ghana Region Ashanti Region Ethnicity Asante people Akuapem people Bono people Native speakers 4.4 million (2013)[1] Language family Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Kwa Potou–Tano Tano Central Tano Akan Twi Dialects Asante Akuapem Bono Writing system Latin Official status Official language in Ashanti Region Recognised minority language in Ghana Regulated by Akan Orthography Committee Language codes ISO 639-1 tw ISO 639-2 twi ISO 639-3 twi (see [aka] for Ethnologue description) Glottolog akan1251 This article contains IPA phonetic symbols. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Unicode characters. For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. A man speaking Twi. 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 d'Ivoire.[6][3][7] It generally subsumes the following dialects: Ahafo, Akuapem, Akyem, Asante, Asen, Dankyira and Kwawu.[8]