Twi

Twi (pronounced [tɕɥi]) or Asante Twi, is spoken by over 9 million ethnic Asante people as a first language and second language.^[1][2] Twi (or Asante Twi) is a common name for two former literary dialects of the Akan language, Asante (Ashanti) and Akuapem, which are mutually intelligible. There are about 9 million Twi speakers, mainly in Ashanti Region, Ghana.^[1][2] Akuapem Twi was the first Akan dialect to be used for Bible translation, and became the prestige dialect as a result.^[6]

References

1. 1 2 3 4 "Asante » Asante Twi (Less Commonly Taught Languages)". University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and the Arts. University of Michigan. 
2. 1 2 3 4 "Asante » Asante Twi". ofm-tv.com. 
3. ↑ Akan at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
4. ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Akuapem". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. 
5. ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Asante". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. 
6. ↑ Ager, Simon. "Omniglot". Retrieved 11 January 2015. 

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