Wasa dialect

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Wasa
Wasa
Native toGhana
EthnicityWasa people
Native speakers
273,000 (2013)[1]
Dialects
  • Amenfi
  • Fianse
Latin
Official status
Regulated byAkan Orthography Committee
Language codes
ISO 639-3wss
Glottologwasa1244

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. Its dialects include Amenfi and Fianse.[2]

References

  1. ^ Wasa at Ethnologue (22nd ed., 2019) Closed access icon
  2. ^ a b "Akan". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2019-12-28.