Akan vs. Twi — What's the Difference?

A Kwa language spoken in parts of Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire whose two main varieties are Fante and Twi.

Twi (Akan: [tɕᶣi]), also known as Akan kasa, or Akan-speak, is a dialect of the Akan language spoken in southern and central Ghana by several million people, mainly of the Akan people, the largest of the seventeen major ethnic groups in Ghana. Twi has about 17–18 million speakers in total, including second-language speakers; about 80% of the Ghanaian population speaks Twi as a first or second language.

A member of a people of Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire, including the Fante and the Twi.

A variety of the Akan language spoken in Ghana.

A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast