Asante dialect

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

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