Category: Enne Nnyegyee

Vowels

Akan Twi Vowels

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.

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

July 29, 2023

Akan Twi Vowels and Consonants Combination

Akan Twi 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 210 vowels and consonant combination in Adinkra Alphabet.

	b	d	f	g	h	j	k
a	ba	da	fa	ga	ha	ja	ka
E	bE	dE	fE	gE	hE	jE	kE
i	bi	di	fi	gi	hi	ji	ki
o	bo	do	fo	go	ho	jo	ko
c	bc	dc	fc	gc	hc	jc	kc
u	bu	du	fu	gu	hu	ju	ku
e	be	de	fe	ge	he	je	ke
aC	baC	daC	faC	gaC	haC	jaC	kaC
EC	bEC	dEC	fEC	gEC	hEC	jEC	kEC
oC	boC	doC	foC	goC	hoC	joC	koC

	m	n	p	q	s	t	w	y
a	ma	na	pa	qa	sa	ta	wa	ya
E	mE	nE	pE	qE	sE	tE	wE	yE
i	mi	ni	pi	qi	si	ti	wi	yi
o	mo	no	po	qo	so	to	wo	yo
c	mc	nc	pc	qc	sc	tc	wc	yc
u	mu	nu	pu	qu	su	tu	wu	yu
e	me	ne	pe	qe	se	te	we	ye
aC	maC	naC	paC	qaC	saC	taC	waC	yaC
EC	mEC	nEC	pEC	qEC	sEC	tEC	wEC	yEC
oC	moC	noC	poC	qoC	soC	toC	woC	yoC

September 5, 2022

Enne nnyegyee

ennI nNIZIe

Language: Akan (Twi)

Part of speech: noun

English Translation: Vowels.

ennI nNIZIe

Variation
Adinkra	Akan	English	Tense
ennI NIZIe	Enne nyegyee	Vowel	singular

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

April 12, 2021