Twi language and slang help

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Hello. Does anyone here speak Twi? I have a list of temrs I'd like translated to English, and I have some terms I'd like translated to Twi.

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What's Twi? I've heard of Tiwi, as in the Tiwi Islands - pardon my ignorance...

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Twi
Spoken in: Ghana
Total speakers: 7 million
Language family: Niger-Congo
Atlantic-Congo
Volta-Congo
Kwa
Akan languages
Akan
Twi
Official status
Official language of: None.
?- Government-sponsored languages of Ghana
Regulated by: no official regulation
Language codes
ISO 639-1: tw
ISO 639-2: twi
ISO/FDIS 639-3: twi
Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. See IPA chart for English for an English based pronunciation key.
Twi (pronounced 'chwee' specifically Ashanti Twi is a language spoken in Ghana by about 7 million people. It is one of the three dialects of the Akan language, the others being Akuapem Twi and Fante Twi, which in turn belongs to the Kwa language family. Within Ghana, Twi is spoken in the Ashanti Region and in parts of the Eastern, Western, Central, Volta and Brong Ahafo Regions.

There are many divisions of the Twi languages, but they are all mutually intelligible.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twi

I never had heard of it either!

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ANy memebers here from Ghana?
Hello. Are there any members here from Ghana? I'm doing research on Twi/Akan slang.

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@hingehead,

Twi is the native language of the country of Ghana

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I had a friend from Ghana who spoke Twi and helped me with some translations. Is there anyone here from Ghana who can please help me with some translations?

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@bdjan,

Hi-are you from Ghana?

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