Re: listing of languages spoken in Canada-Twi.

In his 28 Feb 06 - 01:39 PM post, bobad asked "Twi?"

I'm assuming that wasn't a rhetorical question.

See this excerpt from this website: http://corporatelanguageservices.com/twi.htm

"Twi is an African language spoken in the southern two-thirds of Ghana. Like most languages spoken south of the Sahara, Twi is a tone language, which means that word distinction is determined not only by vowels and consonants, but also by the pitch on which each syllable is pronounced. There are many different dialects, but all dialects are mutually intelligible. They are written by a common script developed by the Bureau of Ghana Languages."

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Twi is spoken by people known as {the} Akans. It just so happens that last week I received an email from a Ghanaian man, Quarkoo, who visited my website. Quarkoo wrote that there are "9 clans and 9 ethnic groups" [in Ghana] who are grouped as Akan. He then wrote "We all speak Twi but do have different dialects. As a Fante I speak Fante-Twi. So Akans are also known as "twi-fo"( "fo" means nationality}"

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The Ashanti {Asante} people are a sub-group of Akan people.

Ananse the spider/man stories, kente cloth, adinkra symbols such as Sankofa and day names such as Kofi and Kwame are just a small part of the rich Akan culture that have been adopted by African Americans and other peoples.

And those are facts and not rhetoric.