Asante dialect

Asante
Ashanti
Native to	Ghana, Suriname
Ethnicity	Ashanti people
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Kwa Potou–Tano Tano Central Tano Akan Twi Asante
Official status
Regulated by	Akan Orthography Committee
Language codes
ISO 639-1	tw (Twi)
ISO 639-2	twi
ISO 639-3	–
Linguist List	aka-asa

Ashanti, Asante, or Asante Twi, is one of three literary dialects of the Akan language of southern Ghana, and the prestige dialect of that language. It is spoken in and around Kumasi, the capital of the former Ashanti Empire and current subnational Asante Kingdom within Ghana.

Along with the Akuapem dialect, Asante is often called Twi.