Ahanta language

Ahanta
Region	Ghana
Ethnicity	Fanti people
Native speakers	180,000 (2013) [1]
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Kwa Potou–Tano Tano Central Tano (Akan) Bia South Ahanta
Writing system	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- alveolar		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	Central												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

1. Ahanta at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
2. "Phoible".