Akuapem Twi

Akuapem Twi
Akuapem
Native toGhana
EthnicityAkuapem
Native speakers
626,000 (2013)
Latin
Official status
Regulated byAkan Orthography Committee
Language codes
ISO 639-3–
Glottologakua1239
IETFtw-akuapem

Akuapem Twi, also known as Akuapim, Akwapem, and Akwapi, is one of the literary dialects of the Twi-Fante language, along with Asante and Fante, with which it is mutually intelligible. There are 626,000 speakers of Akuapem, mainly concentrated in Ghana and southeastern Côte d'Ivoire. It is the historical literary and prestige dialect of Twi-Fante, having been chosen as the basis of the Akan translation of the Bible.