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midwasi paa! I've been hoping for this, my whole life. Unfortunately my Fante mother didn't manage to transfer the language to my brothers and I, while we grew up in UK. I can only say a few things. This video just brings tears to my eyes
Medase! Ive been trying to learn and retain the language all my life... but only recently have been able to actually reach others who are bilingual and teching it or speaking/translating
How do I learn? Where do I go to to learn? As a child I could understand it, but couldn’t speak it, now I barely understand it ever since my grandparents passed away. I would like to learn to feel connected to them, but I can’t find anywhere online to learn
Hi @aradstudies7122 - that would be such a wonderful way to feel connected to your grandparents! I did a quick search and found a handful of online study spots: - Twi Learning Center: twilearningcentergh.com/about-tlc/ - The Peace Corps Guidebook: www.livelingua.com/course/peace_corps/fante_language_lessons - Udemy: www.udemy.com/course/learn-fante-language-full-beginners-course-from-ghana/ - Learn Akan with Aba: www.youtube.com/@LearnAkanAba I hope this helps you get started!
Also remember Takoradi/Sekondi and cape coast Fante is extremely simplified. Makes it easier to learn and understand with other Akans language like twi, nzema, ahanta, etc. As you go deep, it’s harder to understand unless you speak it. Even then it’s still hard, especially if the people speak pure Fante.
Akan (Twi) is the main language. Depend's on the Region though. In Central Region it would be Fante and Twi but both are similar Akan dialects like British English and American English. In Accra it would be Twi, English and Ga. But knowing Twi would be enough.
Hello, I want to learn Twi/Fante so that I am able to speak to friends in Ghana in their language. For Business I should learn Twi but a Family I Like speaks fante. Can anyone suggest to me which language I should prefer or learn first?
Twi is easy so start with that. Fanti is sweet but little bit hard. Use Google to learn. Start with the alphabets and know how to pronounce them. Then spelling and grammar. If you can listen to the hilife music especially the dance band. It will help you in fanti.
Use Google. Start with the alphabets and let Google pronounce it and you repeat it. After that Start with the names of things, spelling, and grammar. Let Google pronounce the words and repeat them.
Ghartey is a name specifically from Winneba and it's surroundings. Many people assume it's a GA name because of the (TEY) ending but it is EFUTU/ FANTI name.
@@ThatKiddVic Most names ending with TEY are likely GA and ADANGBE who are collectively called GA/ ADANGBE. LAMPTEY, QUARTEY, ALLOTEY, LOMOTEY, AYITEY are examples of GA names and MANTEY,AFFORTEY, KORTEY, NORTEY are typical ADANGBE names. There likely might be some connection between the GHARTEY name and the GA/ADANGBE people since WINNEBA, a coastal fishing town is just a few kilometers away from the GA/ADANGBES who are also Fisherfolks originally. Funny thing is GHARTEYS are almost always from WINNEBA and nowhere else. Other typical WINNEBA/FANTI names are GHANNEY, GHANDOH, GHALLEY which i believe are anglicized from some other FANTI / AKAN names like GYAN, GYAMFI. GHANSAH is also a FANTI name but found in most FANTI communities. Fantis actually were creative with names, words and sound and still are till this day which makes the Fanti language so unique among the AKAN languages. You will have to live among Fantis to be able to decipher what is being spoken in most cases unlike TWI which can be " picked" up just about any where in GHANA.
curtesy of Tu51ndBl4d3 Here is an actual explanation I will give you: People/Nation: Akan Language:Akan | ----- ----- | | Mfantse Twi Branch Branch | | ----- ----- | | (Gomoa, Ekumfi, (Asante, Akuapem, Wassa, Nkusukum, Iguae, Akyem, Kwahu, Brong) Breman, Agona) There is also Nzema, Bawule (Ivorians) etc, but for the sake of the video I am focusing on the Mfantse and Twi branches of the Akan language. These branches serve the same purpose that the French branch, Italian branch, Spanish branch etc serve in the Latin language, as demonstrated below: Language:Latin | ----- ----- | | French Spanish Branch Branch | | ----- ----- | | (Parisien, Congolese, (Castillian,Mexican etc) Quebecois etc) French and Spanish are both Latin but different varieties. They can both understand about 70-80% of each other but there are enough pronunciation and vocabulary differences to separate them into their own languages/branches. Within these branches they also have their own dialects. This is the same case with Mfantse and Twi. To conflate the two would be the same as arbitrarily calling French, "French-Spanish" because Spanish is the most widely used form of Latin today. There is no such thing as "Fante-Twi", that is an odd neo-ideology in Ghana today amongst a very specific clan of people. I have heard no African/Ghanaian linguists, researchers, Ghanaian or foreign universities, or traditional knowledge that claims Mfantse as a Twi variety. Here is an article that does an okay job at also speaking on this: yen.com.gh/172963-fante-tribe-culture-language-clans-food-traditional-wear-facts.html. There are way too many vocabulary and phonetic differences between Mfantse and Twi to be considered of the same branch. curtesy of Tu51ndBl4d3
@@akuaa.4279 So I guess Spanish is actually just French-Spanish, and Italian is just Italian-Spanish? The language is Akan. Fante is Akan, it is not Twi.
@@Tu51ndBl4d3 what has French and Spanish to do with this? It doesn’t even look like each other. Fante is Twi. People studied Asante Twi in JHS and SHS. There’s a reason why it wasn’t just called “Twi”. It’s Fante Twi, Asante Twi, Akuapem Twi, etc. It’s not a problem to learn new stuff. Do some research
@@Tu51ndBl4d3 Fante does fall under the twi 'umbrella'. It's a dialect...if u consider Bono to be twi, then consider fante as somewhat of an anglicized bono or twi
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Fanti is the most beautiful and romantic language in the world
midwasi paa! I've been hoping for this, my whole life. Unfortunately my Fante mother didn't manage to transfer the language to my brothers and I, while we grew up in UK. I can only say a few things. This video just brings tears to my eyes
Not too late Hyacinth!
Keep at it! We get better in time
I'm the same. I'm fante but my parents didn't teach me and also grew up in UK. I'd love to practise with other people on the same level as me!
Well said! Thank you for speaking so eloquently for language diversity!
This was gorgeous Fante
Thank you, Collins. I had not heard Fante before.
Wode Maya (Ghana's most famous RUclipsr) speaks Fante along with other languages.
I really appreciate the close captioning in English. Thank you.
So perfect 👌🏽 I could listen all day
Proud Fanti
Ekow! M'enyiwa agye paa d3 etum ka Fantse kasa w'abir a w) wo wo w) aburokyir. Ay3 adze paa...K)do!
Fante sounds fantastic indeed.
Amazing! What a beautiful language! ☺️
Beautiful language ❤️
Like music. 💜
Amazing Ekow! Im so proud of you.
... and peace be with you!
Languages of Ghana are very dignified and beautiful.
African languages sound like music to my ears. African Americans, we lost a lot!
But African speech patterns have an influence on African American English patterns
I agree! 💔💔
African languages always sound so melodic to me, specifically west, south and east African languages. that’s why I’m learning some (at least 3).
Medase!
Ive been trying to learn and retain the language all my life... but only recently have been able to actually reach others who are bilingual and teching it or speaking/translating
Azey, asɛe hɔ. Mbo🥳
Thank you.
Neat stuff
Well done 👏 ✔️ 👍 👌
Keep going little brother, I am too trying to learn about the world.
Ahyɛse no nna me dwen dɛ ire ka Capefo wɔn fantse o. Ayɛ adze papa ara 🤝
Wow.. You're so good at fante
Dude looks like John Boyega from the sequel trilogy
That's the Sekondi - Takoradi Fanti language you spoke well. Thanks for the video.
I thought this was John Boyega for a second
Thank you sm for this video :))
I am from New Orleans as well. On my way to my people! Medaase Paa!
Sound like twi but then with a different kind of accent almost more posh
Exactly. Fante is the upper class Akan dialect.
@@Tu51ndBl4d3 yes yes !
Twi and Fanti are almost the same but fanti is more sweeter and harder to speak. Most of Ghana hilife music is in Fanti.
Would it be possible to get in touch with the presenter of this video - it is for a project we are working on at present
Thank you
How do I learn? Where do I go to to learn? As a child I could understand it, but couldn’t speak it, now I barely understand it ever since my grandparents passed away. I would like to learn to feel connected to them, but I can’t find anywhere online to learn
Hi @aradstudies7122 - that would be such a wonderful way to feel connected to your grandparents! I did a quick search and found a handful of online study spots:
- Twi Learning Center: twilearningcentergh.com/about-tlc/
- The Peace Corps Guidebook: www.livelingua.com/course/peace_corps/fante_language_lessons
- Udemy: www.udemy.com/course/learn-fante-language-full-beginners-course-from-ghana/
- Learn Akan with Aba: www.youtube.com/@LearnAkanAba
I hope this helps you get started!
Do you have a way to connect?
Is Fante mutually intelligible with some of the other Akan dialects ?
Yep, to Twi. Some words are different but we can understand most of them
@@jackynyarkoafful4390 Thank you for your reply
Yes but it's easier for us Fantis to understand other Twi dialects than the other way around.
Also remember Takoradi/Sekondi and cape coast Fante is extremely simplified. Makes it easier to learn and understand with other Akans language like twi, nzema, ahanta, etc. As you go deep, it’s harder to understand unless you speak it. Even then it’s still hard, especially if the people speak pure Fante.
@@jackynyarkoafful4390 Fante is Twi. You have Asante Twi, Asante Twi, Akuapem Twi, etc
Hi Collins, thank you for the awesome video... Do you know much about the beliefs of the Fante people?
In modern day Ghana the majority is Christianity but there are other beliefs
Well done
Fante is very atmospheric and open
Bro i was born and raised in T’aadi butyou speak better fante than i do😂😂
Hi All !
❤ I'm Ivorian and I'm in love with Ghana languages.
Can you tell me what are the main languages spoken in Ghana ?
Akan (Twi) is the main language. Depend's on the Region though. In Central Region it would be Fante and Twi but both are similar Akan dialects like British English and American English. In Accra it would be Twi, English and Ga. But knowing Twi would be enough.
Wo ho tesɛn, m'adamfo
Is Fante and Ewe the same language? How do you say thankyou?
Nope Fante and Twi are rather similar. Thank you is Medaase but tonation would differ in Fanti and Twi.
Aburafo so yewo ha! Wul3 0b3n?
Ekow ay3 Adze!
Fun fact: Maya Angelou spoke Fante too. Ekow, ay3 adze dodow. Mmo, mmo, mmo👍🏿
Wo Fantse y3 d3w d3 nnwom
Good job bro,Takoradi fante is number one language in Ghana
Twi is number one lol
Cape Coast Fantsi is☺️😹.
Hello, I want to learn Twi/Fante so that I am able to speak to friends in Ghana in their language. For Business I should learn Twi but a Family I Like speaks fante. Can anyone suggest to me which language I should prefer or learn first?
I guess you should learn Twi if you need money. If not, Fante all the way.
@@eemoogee160 Thank you
Twi is easy so start with that. Fanti is sweet but little bit hard. Use Google to learn. Start with the alphabets and know how to pronounce them. Then spelling and grammar. If you can listen to the hilife music especially the dance band. It will help you in fanti.
This nigga spittin
Saa! Me da wasie papaapaa!!!
I speak Twi and understood everything? I am confused, why can I understand?
Because Twi and Fante are mutually intelligible and are all Akan language
Takoradi mfantse na Oguaa mfantse nyinara yɛ kor ..................................🖐🖐🖐🖐🖐🖐🖐
Y'all need to build dialogue with your Caribbean family.
I want to learn Fante I already speak Twi
Use Google. Start with the alphabets and let Google pronounce it and you repeat it. After that Start with the names of things, spelling, and grammar. Let Google pronounce the words and repeat them.
I speak twi but I love Fante- I obviously understand what he’s saying doh
Same i came here to see if me as a twi speaker could understand fante and i did very well
I speak twi but if it wasn’t for the subtitles I wouldn’t understand
@@Hallero123 was you born in the West?
He is speaking Twi. Please do some research. It’s Asante Twi, Fante Twi, Akuapem Twi. You probably speak Asante Twi
@@akuaa.4279 He is speaking Fante. Which is not Twi.
True true… mixture of brofo n fante. Ahanta
Dzin
Name
Ghartey is an English name? & isn’t it for a Ga?
Ghartey is a name specifically from Winneba and it's surroundings. Many people assume it's a GA name because of the (TEY) ending but it is EFUTU/ FANTI name.
@@wilsonhowie2968 ohk, so It can’t be for a Ga? And also are the surnames that end in “Tey” are English?
@@ThatKiddVic Most names ending with TEY are likely GA and ADANGBE who are collectively called GA/ ADANGBE. LAMPTEY, QUARTEY, ALLOTEY, LOMOTEY, AYITEY are examples of GA names and MANTEY,AFFORTEY, KORTEY, NORTEY are typical ADANGBE names.
There likely might be some connection between the GHARTEY name and the GA/ADANGBE people since WINNEBA, a coastal fishing town is just a few kilometers away from the GA/ADANGBES who are also Fisherfolks originally.
Funny thing is GHARTEYS are almost always from WINNEBA and nowhere else. Other typical WINNEBA/FANTI names are GHANNEY, GHANDOH, GHALLEY which i believe are anglicized from some other FANTI / AKAN names like GYAN, GYAMFI.
GHANSAH is also a FANTI name but found in most FANTI communities. Fantis actually were creative with names, words and sound and still are till this day which makes the Fanti language so unique among the AKAN languages.
You will have to live among Fantis to be able to decipher what is being spoken in most cases unlike TWI which can be " picked" up just about any where in GHANA.
@@wilsonhowie2968 but like are they English?
@@ThatKiddVic They are Ghanaian names but probably Anglicized.
I don't know but I was expecting some click sounds😂😂😂
Keep those comments to yourself
@@kodwoampiahbonney7939 I am really sorry if u found my comment offensive...
@@mistersingh6470 It’s alright. Thanks brother. 🇬🇭 + 🇮🇳 are one
@@kodwoampiahbonney7939 ❤
That's just like when I listen to Indian languages I expect to here "Curry curry bobble head"
Hello, does anyone here speak Fante and English? I am hiring people for a paid remote project.
*slow applause*
Is there anyone teaching Fante online?
curtesy of Tu51ndBl4d3
Here is an actual explanation I will give you:
People/Nation: Akan
Language:Akan
|
----- -----
| |
Mfantse Twi
Branch Branch
| |
----- -----
| |
(Gomoa, Ekumfi, (Asante, Akuapem, Wassa,
Nkusukum, Iguae, Akyem, Kwahu, Brong)
Breman, Agona)
There is also Nzema, Bawule (Ivorians) etc, but for the sake of the video I am focusing on the Mfantse and Twi branches of the Akan language.
These branches serve the same purpose that the French branch, Italian branch, Spanish branch etc serve in the Latin language, as demonstrated below:
Language:Latin
|
----- -----
| |
French Spanish
Branch Branch
| |
----- -----
| |
(Parisien, Congolese, (Castillian,Mexican etc)
Quebecois etc)
French and Spanish are both Latin but different varieties. They can both understand about 70-80% of each other but there are enough pronunciation and vocabulary differences to separate them into their own languages/branches. Within these branches they also have their own dialects. This is the same case with Mfantse and Twi.
To conflate the two would be the same as arbitrarily calling French, "French-Spanish" because Spanish is the most widely used form of Latin today. There is no such thing as "Fante-Twi", that is an odd neo-ideology in Ghana today amongst a very specific clan of people. I have heard no African/Ghanaian linguists, researchers, Ghanaian or foreign universities, or traditional knowledge that claims Mfantse as a Twi variety. Here is an article that does an okay job at also speaking on this: yen.com.gh/172963-fante-tribe-culture-language-clans-food-traditional-wear-facts.html.
There are way too many vocabulary and phonetic differences between Mfantse and Twi to be considered of the same branch.
curtesy of Tu51ndBl4d3
Fante is basically a delect of twi like bono, asante, etc. I was born and raised in London to bono parents and fully understood every word
It is not a dialect of Twi, It is an Akan Languaue. Aasante Twi is a dialect of Akan
@@Tu51ndBl4d3 Fante is Twi. You have Fante Twi, Asante Twi, Akuapem Twi, etc
@@akuaa.4279 So I guess Spanish is actually just French-Spanish, and Italian is just Italian-Spanish? The language is Akan. Fante is Akan, it is not Twi.
@@Tu51ndBl4d3 what has French and Spanish to do with this? It doesn’t even look like each other. Fante is Twi. People studied Asante Twi in JHS and SHS. There’s a reason why it wasn’t just called “Twi”. It’s Fante Twi, Asante Twi, Akuapem Twi, etc. It’s not a problem to learn new stuff. Do some research
@@Tu51ndBl4d3 Fante does fall under the twi 'umbrella'. It's a dialect...if u consider Bono to be twi, then consider fante as somewhat of an anglicized bono or twi
Fante isn't a language
Are you crazy.
Thank you.