Twi

== Overview ==
Twi is a dialect of the Akan language spoken in southern and central Ghana by about 6–9 million Ashanti people as a first and second language. 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 originating from the Ashanti Region and about a total of 17–18 million Ghanaians as either first or second languages. Akuapem Twi was the first Akan dialect to be used for Bible translation, and became the prestige dialect as a result. It is also spoken by the Southeastern people of Cote D'Ivoire.
== Twi excerpt from Wikipedia article "Twi" ==
ɔpepepem nson na ɛka Twi Kasa wɔ Ghana. Ghanafoɔ wɔ kasa ahoroɔ bebree. Twi ka Akan Kasa abusua a yɛfrɛ no Kwa Kasa Abusua no ho. Twi gu mu ahoroɔ pii nanso ne nyinaa yɛ kasa baako a obiara te ase. Yɛwɔ Asante Twi, Akuapem Twi, Akyem Twi ɛne nea ɛkeka ho.Ga nso ye kasa a ewɔ Ghana.
Twi a, yɛka daadaa no nteaseɛ nyɛ na. Ɛno akyiri no, yɛwɔ mmɛ ne akasakoa a, ɛwɔ sɛ obi de n'adwene kɔ akyiri ansa na wate aseɛ. Wopɛ sɛ woka obi anim asɛm wɔ aberɛ a, wompɛ sɛ wofom no a, wobu no bɛ. Nti na mpaninfoɔ bu bɛ bi sɛ: "ɔba nyansafoɔ, yɛbu no bɛ, na yɛnnka no asɛm".
Kasakoa yɛ asɛm a, ne nkyerɛaseɛ ɛnna tee. Ne saa nti no obi a, n'ani mfiriiɛ no rente aseɛ. Yɛmfa no sɛ, obi awu, na ne ba ketewa wɔ hɔ na wompɛ sɛ ɔbɛ te sɛ n'awofoɔ awu a, woka no sɛ: "asemasi adane n'ani ahwɛ dan", anaa sɛ, "asemasi aka nkyene agu". Ɛtoaso bio, yɛka kasakoa de anidie ma obi a, odi nim. Ɛno nti, sɛ ɔhene wu a, yɛka sɛ: "Nana kɔ ne kra akyi".
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