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Twi

Twi

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A person who speaks Twi as their first language in Ghana
  • noun
: hablante de Twi
  • As a native speaker, she often helps tourists understand the Twi culture and language.

Examples

  • The Twi community in Accra celebrated the festival with traditional music and dance.

  • Many Ghanaian children learn the Twi language from their parents as a first language.

  • The Red Sox are playing a twi-night doubleheader tonight.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • Twi-plomacy allows diplomats to engage with the public more directly and efficiently.

    Blog text (24)

Surface Forms

Twi singular
Twis plural

Etymology

Twi is the name of an Akan language from Ghana, and people also use the same name for someone who speaks that language, so a 'Twi' is a speaker of Twi.