| Asante | |
| Nativename: | Asah |
| States: | Ashanti |
| Ethnicity: | Ashanti |
| Speakers: | million |
| Date: | 2013 |
| Familycolor: | Niger-Congo |
| Fam2: | Atlantic–Congo |
| Fam3: | Volta–Congo |
| Fam4: | Kwa |
| Fam5: | Potou–Tano |
| Fam6: | Tano |
| Fam7: | Central Tano |
| Fam8: | Akan |
| Agency: | Akan Orthography Committee |
| Isoexception: | dialect |
| Glotto: | asan1239 |
| Glottorefname: | Asante |
| Script: | Latin, Braille |
Asante, also known as Ashanti, Ashante, or Asante Twi, is one of the principal dialects of the Akan language. It is one of the three literary dialects of Akan, the others being Bono, Akuapem and Fante.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] There are over 3.8 million speakers of the Asante dialect, mainly concentrated in Ghana and southeastern Cote D'Ivoire, and especially in and around the Ashanti Region of Ghana.