Language/Twi/Pronunciation/Alphabet-and-Pronunciation

Twi, also known as Akan Kasa, is a dialect of the Akan language spoken in southern and central Ghana.

Alphabet

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 and Ɔɔ 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.

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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
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

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Digraph	ao	eɛ	ei	ia	ie	ii	oo	oɔ	ue	uo	dw	gy	hw	hy	kw	ky	ng	nw	ny	tw
IPA	ao	eɛ	ei	ia	ie	iː	oː	oɔ	ue	uo	d͡ʒ	d͡ʑ~ɟʝ	hʷ	ç	kʷ	tɕʰ~cçʰ	ŋ	nʷ	ɲ	tɕʷa

Notes

• There are quite complex vowel harmony rules that determine which vowels can appear in the same word.
• Akan languages are tonal with three tones: high, middle and low.

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See also

• https://polyglotclub.com/wiki/Language/Akan/Pronunciation/Alphabet-and-Pronunciation
• https://learnakan.com/akan-alphabet/
• https://omniglot.com/writing/akan.htm