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"etymology_text": "Borrowed from Twi Twi.",
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}
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"langcode": "en",
"name": "Languages",
"orig": "en:Languages",
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"Names",
"Communication",
"All topics",
"Proper nouns",
"Terms by semantic function",
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"Nouns",
"Lemmas"
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{
"ref": "2016, Yaa Gyasi, Homegoing, Penguin Books (2017), page 35",
"text": "She kept her eyes low, and though her Twi was passable, she rarely spoke it.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A dialect of the Akan language, spoken in Ghana in West Africa."
],
"id": "en-Twi-en-name-I7OHczug",
"links": [
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"Akan",
"Akan"
],
[
"language",
"language"
],
[
"Ghana",
"Ghana"
],
[
"West Africa",
"West Africa"
]
],
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{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "language",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Twi"
},
{
"code": "gur",
"lang": "Farefare",
"sense": "language",
"word": "sãntɛɛnɛ"
},
{
"code": "gur",
"lang": "Farefare",
"sense": "language",
"word": "kãmbɔnnɛ"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "language",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Twi"
},
{
"code": "mos",
"lang": "Moore",
"sense": "language",
"word": "sãnteere"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "language",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "twi"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "čvi",
"sense": "language",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "чви"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "language",
"word": "twi"
}
],
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"Twi"
]
}
],
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"ipa": "/t͡ʃwiː/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-iː"
},
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"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
}
],
"word": "Twi"
}
{
"etymology_text": "Borrowed from Twi Twi.",
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"pos": "name",
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"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"English lemmas",
"English proper nouns",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English terms with quotations",
"English uncountable nouns",
"Rhymes:English/iː",
"Rhymes:English/iː/1 syllable",
"en:Languages"
],
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{
"ref": "2016, Yaa Gyasi, Homegoing, Penguin Books (2017), page 35",
"text": "She kept her eyes low, and though her Twi was passable, she rarely spoke it.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"A dialect of the Akan language, spoken in Ghana in West Africa."
],
"links": [
[
"Akan",
"Akan"
],
[
"language",
"language"
],
[
"Ghana",
"Ghana"
],
[
"West Africa",
"West Africa"
]
],
"wikipedia": [
"Twi"
]
}
],
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{
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},
{
"rhymes": "-iː"
},
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"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "language",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Twi"
},
{
"code": "gur",
"lang": "Farefare",
"sense": "language",
"word": "sãntɛɛnɛ"
},
{
"code": "gur",
"lang": "Farefare",
"sense": "language",
"word": "kãmbɔnnɛ"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "language",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Twi"
},
{
"code": "mos",
"lang": "Moore",
"sense": "language",
"word": "sãnteere"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "language",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "twi"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "čvi",
"sense": "language",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "чви"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "language",
"word": "twi"
}
],
"word": "Twi"
}
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