Twi (pronounce [tɕʷi] in Twi, IPA: /ˈtwiː/, /ˈtʃiː/, or /ˈtʃwiː/ in English), specifically Ashanti Twi, is a language spoken in Ghana by about 15 million people. It is one of the three mutually intelligible dialects of the Akan language, the others being Akuapem Twi and Fante, which belong to the Kwa language family. Twi is spoken in the Ashanti Region and in parts of the Eastern, Western, Central, Volta and Brong Ahafo Regions of Ghana.