Information on whether the Twi language is spoken by Liberian citizens in Liberia and the percentage of Liberians who speak it [LBR16923.E]

According to Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Twi is the language spoken by the Akan peoples of Ghana (1992, 263). The source does not list the Twi language as spoken by the citizens of Liberia (ibid., 287-291). The DIRB is unable to corroborate this information at the present time. The source mentions that among the Twi languages are Asante, Agona, Dankyira, Asen, Akyem Bosome, Kwawu and Ahafo (ibid., 263). The Akan peoples make up 44 per cent (7 million) of Ghana's 1991 population (ibid.). For further details and information on the languages spoken in Liberia, please refer to the attachment.


This response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the DIRB within time constraints. This response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum.

Reference

Ethnologue: Languages of the World. 1992. 12th ed. Edited by Barbara F. Grimes. Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics, Inc.

Attachment

Ethnologue: Languages of the World. 1992. 12th ed. Edited by Barbara F. Grimes. Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics, Inc., pp. 263-71, 287-91.