Author: ilovetomeditateonadinkra_zyk6rw

Akan Twi Alphabet has 10 vowels as shown below. Akan Twi has two different A/a (not ah) sound. One is pharyngeal and the other is glottic. Glottic A/a sound is represented in Latin as E/e.

There are two subset of vowels in Akan known as +ATR and -ATR. Each subset of vowels contain 5 vowels. The phenomenon in which vowels in each subset of 5 occurs together or changes the preceding vowel to a vowel within each subset is known as vowel harmony.

Learn more about Akan Twi vowels here.

Comparison	Table
Vowel	Adinkra	Adinkra	Akan	English
A/a	aC	aCduanEC	Aduane	Food
A/a	a	aqaaba	Akwaaba	Welcome
E/e	E	EtirE	Etire	Head
E/e	EC	dECn	Den	Hard
I/i	i	din	Din	Name
O/o	o	onipa	Onipa	Person
O/o	oC	akoCma	Akoma	Heart
U/u	u	toC mu	To mu	Close
	c	kc	Ko	Go
	e	fre	Fre	Call