Twi

E155064

Akan language Kwa language Niger–Congo language language

Twi is a major Akan language spoken primarily in Ghana, known for its significant cultural influence and role in the West African diaspora.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Twi canonical	18
Twi language	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Akan language ⓘ Kwa language ⓘ Niger–Congo language ⓘ language ⓘ
hasBasicWordOrder	SVO ⓘ
hasCulturalInfluenceOn	West African diaspora culture ⓘ
hasDialect	Akuapem Twi ⓘ Akyem Twi ⓘ Asante Twi ⓘ
hasGlottocode	twiw1243 ⓘ
hasISO639-1Code	ak ⓘ
hasISO639-3Code	twi ⓘ
hasOfficialStatusIn	Ghana ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature	advanced tongue root vowel harmony ⓘ tone language ⓘ
hasSignificantDiasporaUseIn	Canada ⓘ Côte d'Ivoire ⓘ surface form: Côte d’Ivoire Germany ⓘ Italy ⓘ Netherlands ⓘ Nigeria ⓘ Spain ⓘ Togo ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
hasWritingSystem	Latin alphabet ⓘ surface form: Latin script
isMutuallyIntelligibleWith	Fante people ⓘ surface form: Fante other Akan varieties ⓘ
languageBranch	Kwa ⓘ
languageFamily	Niger–Congo languages ⓘ surface form: Niger–Congo
languageGroup	Akan language ⓘ surface form: Akan languages
region	Ashanti Region ⓘ Eastern Region of Ghana ⓘ
spokenIn	Ghana ⓘ West Africa ⓘ
subclassOf	Akan ⓘ
taughtAsSubjectIn	schools in Ghana ⓘ
taughtAt	SOAS University of London ⓘ surface form: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London University of Ghana ⓘ
usedAsLinguaFrancaIn	Southern Ghana ⓘ surface form: southern Ghana
usedByEthnicGroup	Akan people ⓘ Akuapem people ⓘ Akyem people ⓘ Ashanti people ⓘ surface form: Asante people
usedIn	Christian religious services in Ghana ⓘ Ghanaian film ⓘ Ghanaian literature ⓘ Ghanaian popular music ⓘ radio broadcasting in Ghana ⓘ television broadcasting in Ghana ⓘ
writingDirection	left-to-right ⓘ

Referenced by (19)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jamaican Patois → influencedByLanguage → Twi ⓘ

Atlantic–Congo languages → includesLanguage → Twi ⓘ

Stonebwoy → languageOfPerformance → Twi ⓘ

Akan → isMacrolanguageOf → Twi ⓘ

Accra → languageSpoken → Twi ⓘ

Akan people → language → Twi ⓘ

this entity surface form: Twi language

Akan language → hasNativeName → Twi ⓘ

Patwa → hasSubstrateInfluenceFrom → Twi ⓘ

Ama K. Abebrese → languageSpoken → Twi ⓘ

Kwame → hasLanguageOfOrigin → Twi ⓘ

Sobolo → language → Twi ⓘ

Banku Music (record label/imprint) → languageOfPrimaryReleases → Twi ⓘ

subject surface form: Banku Music

Black Love → language → Twi ⓘ

No Pressure → language → Twi ⓘ

Jamz → language → Twi ⓘ

Pain Killer → language → Twi ⓘ

Baby → language → Twi ⓘ

Akwasidae → languageContext → Twi ⓘ

Adae Kese → languageUsed → Twi ⓘ