Vowel Harmony: /a/ vs /æ/

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This is the second lesson in our series on Akan (Twi) Vowel Harmony. In this one, we are focusing on the vowel “a”. By the end of the lesson, you will know when to pronounce this vowel as the regular /a/ sound, and when to pronounce same as /æ/.

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STEPHEN AWIBA, known by his students as YAW, is the founding editor of LEARNAKAN.COM and LEARNAKANDICTIONARY.COM. He was born and raised in Kumasi, the Ashanti regional capital of Ghana, where Akan (Asante Twi) is spoken as the first language. He holds 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).

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