Twi language

E622267

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

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Twi 20
Twi language canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

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 script
linked to: Latin alphabet
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

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (22)

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

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