Akuapem Twi

E304314

Akuapem Twi is a major dialect of the Akan language spoken primarily in the Akuapem area of Ghana and widely used in education, media, and religious contexts.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Akuapem Twi canonical 15
Akwapim Twi 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Akan dialect ⓘ
dialect ⓘ
language variety ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Asante Twi ⓘ
Fante ⓘ
linked to: Fante people
country Ghana ⓘ
educationStatus medium of instruction in lower primary in some Ghanaian schools ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Akuapem Akan ⓘ
linked to: Akuapem people

Akwapim Twi ⓘ
linked to: Akuapem Twi
hasDialect Kyerepong dialect ⓘ
Larteh dialect ⓘ
hasDictionary Akuapem Twi–English dictionaries ⓘ
hasGrammarDescription published grammars of Akuapem Twi ⓘ
hasISOCode akm ⓘ
hasLinguisticAncestor Proto-Akan ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature advanced tongue root vowel harmony ⓘ
tone ⓘ
hasStandardization Akan language committees in Ghana ⓘ
isMutuallyIntelligibleWith Asante Twi ⓘ
Fante ⓘ
linked to: Fante people
ISOStandard ISO 639-3 ⓘ
languageFamily Akan languages ⓘ
linked to: Akan language

Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ
Central Tano languages ⓘ
Kwa languages ⓘ
Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
partOf Akan language ⓘ
region Akuapem area ⓘ
Eastern Region of Ghana ⓘ
spokenBy Akan people ⓘ
Akuapem people ⓘ
standardFor early written Akan ⓘ
standardizationTarget Akan unified orthography ⓘ
subclassOf Twi ⓘ
linked to: Twi language
usedAs lingua franca in parts of Eastern Region of Ghana ⓘ
usedBy Christian missions in Ghana ⓘ
Presbyterian Church of Ghana ⓘ
usedFor Bible translation in Ghana ⓘ
church services in Ghana ⓘ
literacy materials in Ghana ⓘ
radio broadcasting in Ghana ⓘ
usedIn education in Ghana ⓘ
local newspapers in Ghana ⓘ
mass media in Ghana ⓘ
religious contexts in Ghana ⓘ
writingSystem Akan orthography ⓘ
Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (16)

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

Akan → hasDialects → Akuapem Twi ⓘ
Akan language → hasDialects → Akuapem Twi ⓘ
Akan language → hasStandardVariety → Akuapem Twi ⓘ
Twi → hasDialect → Akuapem Twi ⓘ
Central Tano → hasLanguage → Akuapem Twi ⓘ
Asante Twi → closelyRelatedTo → Akuapem Twi ⓘ
Fante language → closelyRelatedTo → Akuapem Twi ⓘ
Akuapem Twi → hasAlternativeName → Akwapim Twi ⓘ
linked to: Akuapem Twi
Akuapem people → language → Akuapem Twi ⓘ
Bono language → closelyRelatedTo → Akuapem Twi ⓘ
Akyem Twi → closelyRelatedTo → Akuapem Twi ⓘ
Twi language → hasDialect → Akuapem Twi ⓘ
Twi language → hasStandardForm → Akuapem Twi ⓘ
Akan unified orthography → appliesTo → Akuapem Twi ⓘ