Language code: tw
Technical information about ISO 639 language code tw
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The table below provides technical details for the Twi language, designated by the tw code from the ISO 639-1 standard.
| Code |
|
| Standard | |
| Name | Official Twi Native Twi |
| Family | Akan |
| Text direction | Left-to-Right |
| Language varieties | Asante TwiAkuapem Twi |
| Related languages | FanteBono (Brong)AnyiBaoulé |
| Key facts | It is a tonal language with two contrastive level tones and a downstepThe orthography is Latin-based and employs special vowels such as ɛ and ɔ, while tone marks are usually omittedVowel harmony affects prefix choice and verb inflectionReduplication is widely used to form adjectives and adverbsA rich corpus of proverbs (nsɛntia) is central to everyday Twi discourse |
| Sample phrase | Maakye, wo ho te sɛn? |
| Character encodings | |
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Twi is part of the Niger-Congo language family, specifically within the Akan subgroup. It is primarily spoken in southern and central Ghana by the Akan people. Twi is written using the Latin script. It is estimated that there are around 10 million speakers worldwide.
Language presence globally
Speakers
5M
*The graph shows a rough estimate of Twi speakers in countries where it is an official or minority language.
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- Reports and Statistics
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- Supported file formats
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- What is Localizely?
- Getting started
- Localization workflow
- Translation editor
- Flutter Over-the-Air updates
- Flutter In-Context Editing
- Project branching
- Professional translation services
- Machine Translation
- AI Translation
- Translation Memory
- Glossary
- Reports and statistics
- Figma integration
- AWS S3 integration
- GitHub integration
- GitLab integration
- Bitbucket integration
- CLI
- Configuration file
- Supported file formats
- Language & Country Codes
- Referral Program
- I18N Questions
- FAQ