| Adinkra |
| obi nnim a, obi QECre. |
| English |
| The one who knows teaches the one who does not know. |

| Adinkra |
| obi nnim a, obi QECre. |
| English |
| The one who knows teaches the one who does not know. |

| Adinkra |
| Etiri koCroC nkc aCZina. |
| English |
| A single person cannot hold a consultation. |

| Adinkra | yen toC nhwe aCpuEECe ana atcECe: ye toC kc yaCnim.” – qamEC nkruma |
| English | “We face neither East nor West: We face forward.” – Kwame Nkrumah |

| Adinkra | English |
| fa bra | Bring |
| ma | Give |
| fa | Take |

| Adinkra | English | French |
| woC | You | Toi |
| mEC | I | je |
| enoC | It | il |

| Adinkra | Latin | English |
| bra | Bra | Come |
| kc | Ko | Go |
| fa | Fa | Take |

| Adinkra | “ema woC wECre firi se Nansa na ye dEC di wiasEC soC, cQasECa fa wiasEC soC chaw. Enti twEC woC hoC fi nQasECasem hoC na twEC ben Nansa.” – marCus garvEy |
| Akan (Twi) | “Wma wo were firi se nyansa na ye de di wiase so, okwasea fa wiase so ohaw. Enti twe wo ho fi nkwaseasem ho na twe ben nyansa.” – Marcus Garvey |
| English | “Never forget that intelligence rules the world and ignorance carries the burden. Therefore, remove yourself as far as possible from ignorance and seek as far as possible to be intelligent.” – Marcus Garvey |

| Adinkra | “yenEC woC sECrEC qa oo… yennc woC” – daddy lumba |
| Akan (Twi) | “Yene wo sere kwa oo… Yenno wo” – Daddy Lumba |

| Adinkra |
| nantuo kcsECnEC sECre a na yadECe wcmu. |
| Akan |
| Nantuo kosene sere a na yadee womu. |
| English |
| If the calves grow bigger than the thigh, then there is some disease in them. |

Akan (Twi) Alphabet has ten (10) vowels. All the ten vowels in Akan (Twi) are represented in Adinkra Alphabet compare to the Latin orthography in which only 7 vowels are represented. There are two subset of vowels in Akan known as +ATR and -ATR. Each subset of vowels contain 5 vowels in Adinkra Alphabet. The phenomenon in which vowels in each subset of 5 occurs together or changes the preceding vowel to a vowel within each subset is known as vowel harmony.