Ahanta language
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| Ahanta | |
|---|---|
| Region | Ghana |
| Ethnicity | Fanti people |
Native speakers | 180,000 (2013)[1] |
| Latin | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | aha |
| Glottolog | ahan1243 |
Ahanta is a Central Tano language, spoken along the southwest coast of Ghana between the cities of Takoradi and Kasoa.[1]
Phonology
[edit]Consonants
[edit]The consonantal phonemes of the Ahanta language are found in the chart below.[2]
| Bilabial | Labiodental | Dental | Alveolar | Post- | Palatal | Labial–velar | Velar | Glottal | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | ||||||||||||||
| Plosive | b | t̪ | d̪ | k | g | |||||||||||||
| Affricate | cç | ɟʝ | k͡p | |||||||||||||||
| Fricative | f | s | ʃ | h | ||||||||||||||
| Approximant | Median | j | w | |||||||||||||||
| Lateral | l | |||||||||||||||||
| Labialized | ʃʷ | ɲʷ, cçʷ, ɟʝʷ | ɡʷ | |||||||||||||||
Vowels
[edit]| Front | Near-front | Near-back | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | u | ||
| Near-close | ɪ | ʊ | ||
| Close-mid | e | o | ||
| Open-mid | ɛ | ɔ | ||
| Open | a |
The vowels that can be nasalized are /ĩ/, /ã/, /ũ/, /ɪ̃/, and /ʊ̃/.
Tones
[edit]Ahanta has two tones. High tone and low tone.
References
[edit]
| Authority control databases: National |
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| Ahanta | |
|---|---|
| Region | Ghana |
| Ethnicity | Fanti people |
Native speakers | 180,000 (2013)[1] |
| Latin | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | aha |
| Glottolog | ahan1243 |
Ahanta is a Central Tano language, spoken along the southwest coast of Ghana between the cities of Takoradi and Kasoa.[1]
Phonology
Consonants
The consonantal phonemes of the Ahanta language are found in the chart below.[2]
| Bilabial | Labiodental | Dental | Alveolar | Post- | Palatal | Labial–velar | Velar | Glottal | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | ||||||||||||||
| Plosive | b | t̪ | d̪ | k | g | |||||||||||||
| Affricate | cç | ɟʝ | k͡p | |||||||||||||||
| Fricative | f | s | ʃ | h | ||||||||||||||
| Approximant | Median | j | w | |||||||||||||||
| Lateral | l | |||||||||||||||||
| Labialized | ʃʷ | ɲʷ, cçʷ, ɟʝʷ | ɡʷ | |||||||||||||||
Vowels
| Front | Near-front | Near-back | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | u | ||
| Near-close | ɪ | ʊ | ||
| Close-mid | e | o | ||
| Open-mid | ɛ | ɔ | ||
| Open | a |
The vowels that can be nasalized are /ĩ/, /ã/, /ũ/, /ɪ̃/, and /ʊ̃/.
Tones
Ahanta has two tones. High tone and low tone.
References
- ^ a b Ahanta at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ "Phoible".
| This article about Volta–Congo languages is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |