Twi language

E622267
Akan language Kwa language Niger–Congo language language

Twi is a major Akan language spoken primarily in Ghana, serving as a widely used lingua franca in the country.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Twi 20
Twi language canonical 2

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Akan language ⓘ
Kwa language ⓘ
Niger–Congo language ⓘ
language ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Fante language NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Akan Twi NERFINISHED ⓘ
Twi NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasBasicWordOrder SVO ⓘ
hasDialect Akuapem Twi NERFINISHED ⓘ
Asante Twi NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bono Twi NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasEthnologueEntry twi ⓘ
hasGlottocode twi ⓘ
hasNeighborLanguage Dagbani language NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ewe language NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ga language NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature advanced tongue root vowel harmony ⓘ
tone ⓘ
hasStandardForm Akuapem Twi NERFINISHED ⓘ
Asante Twi NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasWritingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Latin script
isLinguaFrancaIn Ghana NERFINISHED ⓘ
ISO639-1Code tw ⓘ
ISO639-2Code twi ⓘ
ISO639-3Code twi ⓘ
languageFamily Akan ⓘ
Atlantic–Congo NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kwa NERFINISHED ⓘ
Niger–Congo NERFINISHED ⓘ
Potou–Tano NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tano NERFINISHED ⓘ
majorEthnicGroup Akan people NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryCountry Ghana NERFINISHED ⓘ
region West Africa ⓘ
spokenIn Ghana NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ivory Coast NERFINISHED ⓘ
Togo NERFINISHED ⓘ
subclassOf Akan language continuum ⓘ
usedAs lingua franca in southern Ghana ⓘ
usedFor interethnic communication in Ghana ⓘ
usedIn Christian religious services in Ghana ⓘ
broadcast media in Ghana ⓘ
education in Ghana ⓘ
literature in Ghana ⓘ
popular music in Ghana ⓘ
writingDirection left-to-right ⓘ

Referenced by (22)

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

Kofi → hasLanguageOfUse → Twi language ⓘ
Kumasi → language → Twi language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Twi
Dansoman → languageSpoken → Twi language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Twi
Kaneshie Market → languageUsed → Twi language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Twi
West Africans → speaksLanguage → Twi language ⓘ
Central Tano → hasLanguage → Twi language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Twi
Tema, Ghana → languageUsed → Twi language ⓘ
subject surface form: Tema
this entity surface form: Twi
Makye → language → Twi language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Twi
Kwesi Arthur → languageOfWorkOrName → Twi language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Twi
Rapperholic concert series → languageOfPerformance → Twi language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Twi
Akuapem Twi → subclassOf → Twi language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Twi
Mary → mainLanguage → Twi language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Twi
Adanwomase → languageSpoken → Twi language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Twi
Denkyira → language → Twi language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Twi
Ekuona → language → Twi language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Twi
Asakyiri → languageContext → Twi language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Twi
Onyankopon → languageContext → Twi language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Twi
Odwira → language → Twi language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Twi
Adinkra symbols → languageContext → Twi language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Twi
Adowa → languageContext → Twi language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Twi
Kete → languageOfSongs → Twi language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Twi
Oyoko → language → Twi language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Twi