Wasa dialect explained

Wasa
Fam4:Potou–Tano
Glotto:wasa1244
Iso3:wss
Agency:Akan Orthography Committee
Fam7:Akan
Fam6:Central Tano
Fam5:Tano
Fam3:Kwa
Nativename:Wasa
Fam2:Atlantic–Congo
Familycolor:Niger-Congo
Ref:e25
Date:2013
Ethnicity:Wasa people
States:Ghana, Ivory Coast
Glottorefname:Wasa
Script:Latin
Dia1:Amenfi
Dia2:Fianse

Wasa, also known as Wassa and Wasaw, is the common language of the Wasa people and a dialect of the Akan dialect continuum. 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. Wasa is mutually intelligible with Fante, Akuapem, Asante, and Abron, the latter three which are collectively known as Twi. Its dialects include Amenfi and Fianse.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Akan. Ethnologue. en. 2019-12-28.