Asante, also known as Ashanti, Ashante, or Asante Twi, is one of the principal members of the Akan dialect continuum. It is one of the three mutually intelligible dialects of Akan which are collectively known as Twi, the others being Bono and Akuapem.^[5][6][7] There are over 20 million speakers of the Asante language, mainly concentrated in Ghana and southeastern Cote D'Ivoire,^[5] and especially in and around the Ashanti Region of Ghana. Although the Twi language originates from the Asante people, almost every Ghanaian is able to speak it. It is the language that is spoken and understood by the majority of ^[8]Darrah^{[citation needed]}

Writing system

The Ashanti used Adinkra in their daily lives. Adinkra Nkyea is a writing system based on the Adinkra symbols^[9].^[10] The Akan language and its dialects use the Adinkra Nkyea writing system. The majority of Adinkra Nkyea is derived from the original Adinkra symbols. Adinkra Nkyea contains some 39 characters, 10 numerals, and three punctuation marks.^[11]