Wasa dialect
| Wasa | |
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| Wasa | |
| Native to | Ghana, Ivory Coast |
| Ethnicity | Wasa people |
Native speakers | 273,000 (2013)[1] |
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| Official status | |
| Regulated by | Akan Orthography Committee |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | wss |
| Glottolog | wasa1244 |
Wasa, also known as Wassa and Wasaw, is the common language of the Wasa people and a dialect of the Akan dialect continuum. Wasa is partially intelligible with the three principal Akan dialects of Fante, Asante, and Akuapem, the latter two collectively known as Twi, although it is most similar to the Abron dialect.[2] It is spoken by 273,000 in southwestern Ghana, mainly in the Wasa Amenfi West and Wasa Amenfi East districts. There are also some Wasa speakers in Ivory Coast. Its dialects include Amenfi and Fianse.[2]
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