Twi (pronounced ) or
Asante Twi, is spoken by over 9 million ethnic
Asante people as a
first language and
second language. Twi (or Asante Twi) is a common name for two former literary dialects of the
Akan language,
Asante (Ashanti) and
Akuapem, which are mutually intelligible. There are about 9 million Twi speakers, mainly in
Ashanti Region, Ghana. Akuapem Twi was the first Akan dialect to be used for Bible translation, and became the prestige dialect as a result.