Colours in Twi (Ahosuo)

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Are you familiar with the colours of the Ghana national flag? Can you say those colours in Twi?

This lesson takes a look at the Twi names of some basic colours. Unlike in English, Twi does not make distinctions between many shades of colours. This lesson will, therefore, be a short one.

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Video Lesson

Colours in Twi

Akan (Twi)	English
kɔkɔɔ	red
tuntum	black
fitaa/fufuo	white
ahabammono	green
akokɔsradeɛ	yellow
sika kɔkɔɔ	gold
bibire	blue
dodoeɛ	brown
nsonso	ash/grey
memen	pink
beredum/afasebiri	purple
nsisimu	spotted

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My name is Stephen Awiba, but most people know me online as Tikya Yaw. I founded LEARNAKAN to help people read, write, and speak Akan, the most widely spoken indigenous language in Ghana. I was born and raised in Kumasi and now live in Accra. I hold a Bachelor's degree in Linguistics and Theatre Arts from the University of Ghana and an MPhil in English Linguistics and Language Acquisition from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU).