Twi is a variety of Akan, a member of the Kwa sub-group of Niger-Congo languages. There are about 7 million Twi speakers, mainly in Ghana. Major dialects of Twi include Akuapem Twi and Asante Twi, which are all mutually intelligible. Akuapem Twi was the first dialect to be used for Bible translation, and became the prestige dialect as a result.
Twi dialects are written with a common script developed by the Bureau of Ghana Languages.
Download an alphabet chart for Twi (Excel)
A cow was grazing in a field of grass.
This field was near a pond which was full of frogs.
When the frogs saw him some of them exclaimed, "This fellow is extremely big."
Just as they said this, one of the frogs remarked, "I can blow myself up as big as this cow."
No sooner had he said it, than he began to blow himself up, and he went on blowing until he burst.
Source: http://www.worldlanguage.com/Languages/Twi.htm
Wɔɑwo ɑdesɑmmɑ nyinɑɑ sɛ nnipɑ ɑ wɔwɔ ɑhofɑdi. Wɔn nyinɑɑ wɔ nidi ne kyɛfɑ koro. Wɔwɔ ɑdwene ne ɑhonim, nɑ ɛsɛ sɛ wobu wɔn ho wɔn ho sɛ ɑnuɑnom.
A recording of this text by Stephen Yaw Awiba of LearnAkan.com
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They
are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another
in a spirit of brotherhood.
(Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights)
Information about Twi | Phrases | Numbers | Tower of Babel
Information about the Twi language
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twi
http://www.linguistics.stanford.edu/languages/twi/Default.htm
Twi language courses
http://www.worldlanguage.com
Twi dictionaries
https://www.mytwidictionary.com
http://www.twi.bb
https://glosbe.com/en/tw/
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Page last modified: 17.11.22
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