ˈkwä noun
( plural kwa )
Usage: usually capitalized
: a branch of the Niger-Congo language family that contains the Akan languages and Agni, Ga, Fon, Ewe, Yoruba, Ibo, Edo, and Nupe, and less certainly Kru, Bassa, and Grebo and that is spoken along the coast and a short distance inland from Liberia to Nigeria