Akan Language Alphabet and Pronunciation-gctid59719

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Akan The Akan languages are part of the Kwa branch of the Niger-Congo  languages. There are about 7 million Akan speakers in eastern Ivory  Coast, south-central Ghana, and central Togo. There are numerous  dialects of Akan, including Twi, Fante, Bono, Wasa, Nzema, Baule  and Anyi, with a high level of mutual intelligibility between them.
 Akan languages started to be written down, mainly in religious  publications, by Danish, German and British missionaries during the  17th and 18th centuries.
 There are currently three standardized orthographies for Asante, Akuapem  and Fante, there is also a unified Akan orthography which was created  during the 1980s.
  Akan alphabet  [TH]A a[/TH]
  [TH]B b[/TH]
  [TH]C c[/TH]
  [TH]D d[/TH]
  [TH]E e [/TH]
  [TH]F f[/TH]
  [TH]G g[/TH]
  [TH]H h[/TH]
  [TH]I i[/TH]
  [TH]J j[/TH]
  [TH]K k[/TH]
  [TH]L l[/TH]
  [TH]M m[/TH]
  [/TR]
  [TR]
  [TH]N n[/TH]
  [TH]O o[/TH]
  [TH]P p[/TH]
  [TH]Ɛ ɛ[/TH]
  [TH]R r[/TH]
  [TH]S s[/TH]
  [TH]T t[/TH]
  [TH]U u[/TH]
  [TH]V v[/TH]
  [TH]W w[/TH]
  [TH]Ɔ ɔ[/TH]
  [TH]Y y[/TH]
  [TH]Z z[/TH]
  [/TR]
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 Letters in italics are only used on loanwords.
 Akan pronunciation
 Notes
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 Sample texts in Akan languages Akuapem Twi Wɔɑwo ɑdesɑmmɑ nyinɑɑ sɛ  nnipɑ ɑ wɔwɔ ɑhofɑdi. Wɔn nyinɑɑ  wɔ nidi ne kyɛfɑ koro. Wɔwɔ ɑdwene ne ɑhonim,  nɑ ɛsɛ sɛ wobu wɔn ho wɔn ho sɛ ɑnuɑnom.
 Asante Nnipa nyinaa yɛ pɛ. Na wɔde adwene ne nyansa na abɔ obiara.  Ɛno nti, ɛsɛ sɛ obiara dɔ ne yɔnko, bu ne yɔnko,  di ne yɔnko ni.
 Fante Wɔwo ɑdɑsɑ nyinɑ to fɑhodzi mu, nɑ  hɔn nyinɑ yɛ pɛr wɔ enyimnyɑm nɑ  ndzinoɑ mu. Wɔmɑɑ hɔn nyinɑ ɑdwen  nɑ tsibowɑ, nɑ ɔwɔ dɛ hɔn nkitɑhodzi  mu ndzeyɛɛ dɑ no edzi dɛ wɔyɛ enuɑnom.
 Translation All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They  are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another  in a spirit of brotherhood.
 (Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights)