Asante Twi

People	Asantefoɔ
Language	Asante Twi
Country	Asanteman

Asante Twi
Asante Twi
Native to	Ashanti
Ethnicity	Ashanti
Native speakers	3.8 million (2013)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Volta–Congo Kwa Potou–Tano Tano Akan Twi-Fante (core) Asante-Akyem-Kwahu dialect Asante Twi; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Writing system	Latin, Braille
Official status
Regulated by	Akan Orthography Committee
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	asan1239

Asante Twi, also known as Ashanti, Ashante, or Asante, is one of the principal varieties of the Twi-Fante language. As the variety spoken by the Asante people (formerly known as Ashanti), is one of the three literary standards of Twi-Fante, the others being Akuapem Twi and Fante. There are over 3.8 million speakers of Asante, mainly concentrated in Ghana and southeastern Côte d'Ivoire, and especially in and around the Ashanti Region of Ghana.