Twi

This article is about the tradialects. For other uses, see Twi (disambiguation).

Twi
Asante Twi
Native to	Ashanti
Ethnicity	Asante people, Akuapem
Native speakers	9 million (2015)
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Kwa Potou–Tano Tano Central Tano Akan Twi
Dialects	Asante (Ashanti) Akuapem
Official status
Official language in	Ashanti City-State and the Ashanti City-State capital Kumasi
Regulated by	Akan Orthography Committee
Language codes
ISO 639-1	tw (Twi)
ISO 639-2	twi
ISO 639-3	twi
Glottolog	akua1239 asan1239

Not to be confused with Tiwi language.

Twi (pronounced [tɕɥi]) or Asante Twi, is spoken by over 9 million ethnic Ashanti people as a first language and second language. 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. Akuapem Twi was the first Akan dialect to be used for Bible translation, and became the prestige dialect as a result.

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Due to the flexibility and simple grammar, twi has become the predominant language of communication in Ghana.it is the language of commerce in Ghana. .the media firms are now switching to the use of twi as a means of broadcast.

There are even arguments as to whether Ghana should adopt twi as its official language .