Ahanta language

Ahanta

language, modern language

Subclass of	Central Tano
Country	Ghana
Indigenous to	Western Region
Ethnologue language status	5 Developing

Ahanta be a Central Tano language, wey dem dey speak along de southwest coast of Ghana between de cities of Takoradi den Kasoa.

Phonology

Consonants

De consonantal phonemes of de Ahanta language be found insyd de chart below.

		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	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

De vowels wey fi be nasalized be /ĩ/, /ã/, /ũ/, /ɪ̃/, and /ʊ̃/.

Tones

Ahanta get two tones. High tone den low tone.