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Twi

[ chwee, chee, twee ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a Kwa language spoken in Ghana that is mutually intelligible with Fanti.

twi-

a combining form meaning “two,” “twice”:
twibill.

Twi

/ �ٷɾ�ː /

noun

a language of S Ghana: one of the two chief dialects of Akan Formerly calledAshanti Compare Fanti
TwiTwis a member of the Negroid people who speak this language

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Origin of Twi¹

Middle English, Old English; cognate with German zwie- ( Old High German zwi- ), Latin bi-, Greek di-. See two

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"I didn't understand Ga. I didn't understand Twi. I didn't understand Pidgin," the 49-year-old tells me.

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But his critics have doubts, pointing out that Ghana plunged into its worst electricity crisis during his first term and the power cuts were so bad that Mahama joked at the time that he was known as "Mr Dumsor" - "dum" means "off" and "sor" means "on" in the local Twi language.

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The power cuts were so bad that Mahama joked at the time that he was known as "Mr Dumsor" - dum means off and sor means on in the local Twi language.

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Even in her old age, the story goes, she loved to speak the Twi language she had been taught as a little girl by Prempeh herself.

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Mahama was nicknamed "Mr Dumsor" in reference to the blackouts - "dum" means off and "sor" means on in the local Twi language.

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