1874 J. G. Christaller Dict. Eng., Tshi-Asànté-Akra p. iv Tshi is the prevailing language of the Gold Coast.

1874 J. G. Christaller Dict. Eng., Tshi-Asànté-Akra p. ix In the publications of the Basel missionaries, the language is called Tw̌i, pronounced as Chwee would be in English.

1887 A. B. Ellis (title) The Tshi-speaking peoples of the Gold Coast.

1920 A. W. Cardinall Natives N. Territories Gold Coast 113 There are in the Gold Coast and its dependencies..two great languages: Twi,..and a language which in its simplest form is spoken by the Moshi.

1965 P. Strevens Papers in Lang. ix. 115 The Kwa Larger Unit, comprising such languages as Twi, Ga, Fante, Ewe, Yoruba and Igbo.

1972 Bk. Thousand Tongues (rev. ed.) 441/1 The administrative term ‘Akan’ is used to denote all forms of Twi (Fante, Asante, and Akuapem)... In the 1850's, when Johannes Christaller translated the Bible into ‘Twi’, he chose..a form of the language which fell phonetically between the linguistic extremes of Fante and Asante-Akyem.

1978 Language 54 458 I would like to enumerate the contributions in terms of the languages treated:..one paper each on Bambara (David Dwyer), Twi (Lynette Nyaggah), Nupe (Isaac George), [etc.].

1972 Bk. Thousand Tongues (rev. ed.) 441/1 In the 1850's, when Johannes Christaller translated the Bible into ‘Twi’, he chose..a form of the language which fell phonetically between the linguistic extremes of Fante and Asante-Akyem... Thus Scriptures were finally provided for the Twi.