Wasa dialect

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 three which are collectively known as Twi. Its dialects include Amenfi and Fianse.[2]

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

References
  1. Wasa at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) closed access
  2. "Akan". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
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