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| − | Twi has about 17-18 million speakers that live in mainly in southern and central Ghana. It is spoken by the Akan people, which is the largest of the 17 ethnic groups in Ghana. Some other languages Twi speakers may know various other dialects, which include the Akan language, Fante, Bono, Asante, and Akuapem. There are many second-language speakers in Ghana, and 80% of the Ghanaian population speaks Twi as their primary or secondary language. They use the writing system called Adinkra Nkyea with consonants and vowels that are dictated tonally. The ISO codes used include: | + | Twi has about 17-18 million speakers that live in mainly in southern and central Ghana. It is spoken by the Akan people, which is the largest of the 17 ethnic groups in Ghana. Some other languages Twi speakers may know various other dialects, which include the Akan language, Fante, Bono, Asante, and Akuapem. There are many second-language speakers in Ghana, and 80% of the Ghanaian population speaks Twi as their primary or secondary language. They use the writing system called Adinkra Nkyea with consonants and vowels that are dictated tonally. The ISO codes used include: <code>tw</code> and <code>twi</code> . |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twi | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twi | ||
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Pair Selection
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Languages of Interest
- Twi
- Navajo
- Tigre
Twi
Morphological Typology
Twi has analytical morphology as it is a tonal language. There is some level of distributed morphology with plural words within Twi, meaning that there are small changes to the word when the word is pluralized. Though Twi is analytical, it does have some inflectional morphology, especially with the use of affixes. There are two types of affixes used: derivational and inflectional. When a derivational affix is added to the root of a word, a new word is formed. Inflectional affixes do not change the word. Instead, they modify the word to change their grammatical components.
About the Language
Twi has about 17-18 million speakers that live in mainly in southern and central Ghana. It is spoken by the Akan people, which is the largest of the 17 ethnic groups in Ghana. Some other languages Twi speakers may know various other dialects, which include the Akan language, Fante, Bono, Asante, and Akuapem. There are many second-language speakers in Ghana, and 80% of the Ghanaian population speaks Twi as their primary or secondary language. They use the writing system called Adinkra Nkyea with consonants and vowels that are dictated tonally. The ISO codes used include: tw and twi .
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twi
Availability of Resources
It is very likely that one will find at least a few pages worth of text in Twi. There are translations of the Bible, short excerpts, and other texts that are available online.
Morphological Typology
About the Language
Navajo is spoken by nearly 330,000 native Navajos. It is most widely spoken by Native Americans in the Southwest United States, and is a Southern Athabaskan language of the Na-Dené family. Some other languages that Navajo speakers may be familiar with include Spanish and English. As of now, the transmission to current and future generations is low and the language has struggled to maintain a healthy base of speakers. However, this issue has been solved to some degree through educational programs within Navajo Nation, a Native American territory. Their orthography utilizes Latin, which is used as the Navajo alphabet. In addition to this, Navajo Braille is another name for their orthography.
Availability of Resources
Tigre
Morphological Typology
About the Language
Availability of Resources
