Re: Registration requests: akuapem, asante

According to my contact (a co-author of the mentioned grammar), the unified
Akan orthography is based on Akuapem Twi. If BCP47 had defaults for
macro-languages (it doesn’t),“tw-akuapem” thus might be a reasonable
default for “ak”. This seems consistent with the Wikipedia article on
Asante Twi, which writes that Asante Twi and Akuapem Twi are mutually
intelligible, and that Akuapem Twi was the “prestige dialect”.

Regarding Fanti vs. Twi, my contact said that Fanti speakers usually
understand Twi, whereas Twi speakers typically have more difficulty
understanding Fanti. It sounds a bit like (Fanti [fat] vs. Twi) could be
compared to (Swiss German [gsw] vs. Standard German [de]), but I’m not sure
if this is a helpful comparison.

— Sascha

On Wed, May 17, 2017 at 4:42 PM, Don Osborn <[email protected]> wrote:

> What is the current thinking re use of “ak” vs “tw” as the ISO 639 code
> for this group (hence prefix in the proposal)? Also I have generally heard
> of Akuapem, Asante, and Fante as being described as dialects primarily in
> their form as separate “literary standards,” which if accurate might be
> incorporated into the narrative (i.e., how are they distinct? My assumption
> being that that is primarily in writing).
>
>
>
> There is also a unified Akan orthography. So another question is whether
> this tag request might imply three other tags (unified, Asante, and Fante)
> under “ak” or two under “tw.”
>
>
>
> Don Osborn
>
>
>
> *From:* Ietf-languages [mailto:[email protected]] *On
> Behalf Of *Sascha Brawer
> *Sent:* Wednesday, May 17, 2017 3:29 AM
> *To:* [email protected]
> *Subject:* [Ietf-languages] Registration requests: akuapem, asante
>
>
>
> LANGUAGE SUBTAG REGISTRATION FORM
>
> 1. Name of requester: Sascha Brawer
> 2. E-mail address of requester: [email protected]
> 3. Record Requested:
>
> Type: variant
> Subtag: akuapem
> Description: Akuapem Twi
> Prefix: tw
>
> 4. Intended meaning of the subtag:
>
> The two Akan dialects of Akuapem and Asante are known as Twi. They are
> distinct, but mutually intelligible.
>
> 5. Reference to published description of the language (book or article):
>
> “Speaking Akuapem Twi”. In: Esi Cleland, Kofi Oteng Gyang, Nana Kodwo
> Imbeah, and Paa Kwesi Imbeah. Modern Akan. A concise introduction to the
> Akuapem, Fanti and Twi language. Kasahorow, Accra, 2005. ISBN
> 9988-0-3767-8. Section 4.2, page 23.
>
> http://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/akua1239
> http://www.omniglot.com/writing/twi.htm
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twi
>
> 6. Any other relevant information:
>
> -----------------------------
>
> LANGUAGE SUBTAG REGISTRATION FORM
>
> 1. Name of requester: Sascha Brawer
> 2. E-mail address of requester: [email protected]
> 3. Record Requested:
>
> Type: variant
> Subtag: asante
> Description: Asante Twi
> Description: Ashanti Twi
> Prefix: tw
>
> 4. Intended meaning of the subtag:
>
> The two Akan dialects of Akuapem and Asante are known as Twi. They are
> distinct, but mutually intelligible.
>
> 5. Reference to published description of the language (book or article):
>
> “Speaking Asante Twi”. In: Esi Cleland, Kofi Oteng Gyang, Nana Kodwo
> Imbeah, and Paa Kwesi Imbeah, Modern Akan. A concise introduction to the
> Akuapem, Fanti and Twi language. Kasahorow, Accra, 2005. ISBN
> 9988-0-3767-8. Section 4.3, pages 23–24.
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asante_dialect
> http://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/asan1239
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twi
>
> 6. Any other relevant information:
>

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