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Wikipedia talk:Consistency in article titles

Should dialect articles follow the naming convention of Southern American English phonology (i.e. X English phonology) per WP:TITLECON? Or should they follow the convention of something like Southern accent (United States) (i.e. X accent) per WP:COMMONNAME (also WP:TITLECON in cases like Baltimore accent, Boston accent, etc.)? Wolfdog (talk) 13:33, 1 August 2025 (UTC)

Talk:Akan language

In the Dialects section of Akan language, should the dialect tree be changed from

Akan	Brong (a.k.a. Bono; a dialect cluster) Wasa dialect Asante-Akyem-Kwahu dialect Akuapem dialect Fante (Agona, Gomua, Abura, Anomabu dialects)

to

Akan	Bono-Wasa dialect Asante-Akyem-Kwahu dialect Akuapem dialect Fante (Agona, Gomua, Abura, Anomabu dialects)

Robert McClenon (talk) 23:10, 16 July 2025 (UTC)

Talk:Akan language

Should the two following changes be made in Akan language?

A.

In the Name section of Akan language, change the first sentence

The language was originally referred to by local designations such as 'Twi' (/tʃwiː, twiː, tʃiː/;[12][13] Akan: [tɕᶣi]), 'Fante' and 'Brong'.

to

Twi was proposed as a name for the dialects but was rejected by Fante, however Akan was acceptable to all. Akan: [tɕᶣi])'Twi' (/tʃwiː, twiː, tʃiː/-'Fante'

B.

In the first sentence of the second paragraph of the lede, change

Three dialects were developed as literary standards with distinct orthographies: Asante and Akuapem, collectively known as Twi, and Fante

to

Three dialects were developed as literary standards with distinct orthographies: Asante Akuapem, and Fante

Robert McClenon (talk) 22:24, 16 July 2025 (UTC)

Talk:Akan language

In the Dialects section of Akan language, should

Brong and Wasa have limited mutual intelligibility with each other, and so are separate languages by that standard.

be changed to

All the dialects are mutually intelligible to each other with the neutral name Akan.

Robert McClenon (talk) 13:59, 16 July 2025 (UTC)