Ashantee

Asantes
Asantefo

Ashanti national flag and ethnic flag
Total population
(c. 7 Million)
Regions with significant populations
Ashanti (4.7 Million) Kumasi Metropolis (1.73 Million)
Languages
Ashanti (Ashanti Twi)
Religion
Non-religious • Ashanti • Anglicanism • Roman Catholicism • Islam and others

Ashanti (or more accurately Asante; ( listen; pronunciation: /ˈæʃɑːnˈtɪ/ A-shahn-TI; or Asante Twi pronunciation: Asantefo /ˈæsɑːnˈtɪˈfoʊ/ A-sahn-TI-foh; singular masculine: Asantenibarima, singular feminine: Asantenibaa)) are a nation and ethnic group native to the Ashanti Region of modern-day Ghana. The Asante people speak the Asante dialect of Twi. The language is spoken by over nine million ethnic Asante people as a first or second language. The word Ashanti is an English language misnomer. Asante literally means "because of wars".