Asante dialect

Asante, also known as Ashanti, Ashante, or Asante Twi, is one of the principal dialects of the Akan language. It is one of the three literary dialects of Akan, the others being Akuapem and Fante.^[2][3][4] There are over 3.8 million speakers of the Asante dialect, mainly concentrated in Ghana and southeastern Cote D'Ivoire,^[2] and especially in and around the Ashanti Region of Ghana.

A man speaking Asante Twi

Asante
Asah
Native to	Ashanti
Ethnicity	Ashanti
Native speakers	3.8 million (2013)[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Volta–Congo Kwa Potou–Tano Tano Central Tano Akan Asante
Writing system	Latin, Braille
Official status
Regulated by	Akan Orthography Committee
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	asan1239