Language/Twi/Pronunciation/Alphabet-and-Pronunciation
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Twi, also known as Akan Kasa, is a dialect of the Akan language spoken in southern and central Ghana.
Once you've gone through this lesson, you might enjoy discovering these associated subjects: Twi Pronunciation, Negation.
Alphabet[edit | edit source]
Latin script[edit | edit source]
English and Akan both use the Latin script.
In total, the Akan alphabet is made up of 22 letters. Of these, 20 are found in the 26-letter English alphabet.
- The 2 letters
Ɛɛ
andƆɔ
are the only ones you will find in Akan but not in English. - Besides, the Akan alphabet does not have the letters j, q, v, x, and z that you find in the English alphabet.
Letter | A a | B b | D d | E e | Ɛ ɛ
|
F f | G g | H h | I i | K k | L l | M m | N n | O o | Ɔ ɔ
|
P p | R r | S s | T t | U u | W w | Y y |
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Name | a | bə | də | i | ɛ | fə | gə | hə | i | kə | lː | mː | nː | o | ɔ | pə | rə | sː | tə | u | wə | jə |
IPA | a/æ | b | d | e/ɪ | ɛ | f | g | h | ɪ | kʰ | l | m | n/ŋ/ɲ | o/ʊ | ɔ | pʰ | ɾ/r/ɽ | s | tʰ | u | w |
Digraph | ao | eɛ | ei | ia | ie | ii | oo | oɔ | ue | uo | dw | gy | hw | hy | kw | ky | ng | nw | ny | tw |
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IPA | ao | eɛ | ei | ia | ie | iː | oː | oɔ | ue | uo | d͡ʒ | d͡ʑ~ɟʝ | hʷ | ç | kʷ | tɕʰ~cçʰ | ŋ | nʷ | ɲ | tɕʷa |
Notes[edit | edit source]
- Akan languages are tonal with 3 tones: low, middle & high.
- There are specific rules determining which vowels can appear in the same word.
Videos - Pronunciation[edit | edit source]
See also[edit | edit source]
- https://polyglotclub.com/wiki/Language/Akan/Pronunciation/Alphabet-and-Pronunciation
- https://learnakan.com/akan-alphabet/
- https://omniglot.com/writing/akan.htm