Asante, also known as Ashanti, Ashante, or Asante Twi, is one of the principal dialects of the Akan language. It is one of the three literary dialects of Akan, the others being Akuapem and Fante.[2][3][4] There are over 3.8 million speakers of the Asante dialect, mainly concentrated in Ghana and southeastern Cote D'Ivoire,[2] and especially in and around the Ashanti Region of Ghana.
| Asante | |
|---|---|
| Asah | |
| Native to | Ashanti |
| Ethnicity | Ashanti |
Native speakers | 3.8 million (2013)[1] |
| Latin, Braille | |
| Official status | |
| Regulated by | Akan Orthography Committee |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | asan1239 |
References
edit- ^ Akan at Ethnologue (26th ed., 2023)
- ^ a b "Akan". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2019-12-25.
- ^ Schacter, Paul; Fromkin, Victoria (1968). A Phonology of Akan: Akuapem, Asante, Fante. Los Angeles: University of California Press. p. 3.
- ^ Arhin, Kwame (1979). A Profile of Brong Kyempim: Essays on the Archaeology, History, Language and Politics of the Brong Peoples of Ghana. Afram.
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