Ahan language

Aahan
Aahan
Native to	Nigeria
Region	Ondo State
Native speakers	(300 cited 2000)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Volta–Niger Ayere–Ahan Aahan; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	ahn
Glottolog	ahan1244
ELP	Àhàn

Aahan (Ààhàn) is an endangered divergent Volta–Niger language of Nigeria, closely related only to Ayere. There may be about 2,400 speakers left based on upper estimates (2024). Roger Blench however estimated about 300 speakers left in the year 2000. It is spoken in the village of Ahan-Ayegunle in the Omuo Oke district.

Distribution

According to Ethnologue, Ahan is spoken in:

Ekiti state: Ekiti East LGA.

Phonology

The phonemic inventory of Ahan is:

Consonants

	Labial	Dental- Alveolar	Palato- alveolar	Velar	Labio- velar	Glottal
Nasal	m	n	ɲ	ŋ
Stops	b	t d		k g	kp gb
Affricate		ts	tʃ dʒ
Fricative	f	θ s				h
Lateral Approx.		l
Central Approx.		r	j		w

Vowels


	Front	Central	Back
High	i ĩ		u ũ
Mid	e		o
Low	ɛ ɛ̃	ɑ ɑ̃	ɔ ɔ̃

References

↑ Aahan at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
1 2 3 "A Sociolinguistic Profile of the Ahan Language in Ekiti State and the Oyuwu (Ayere) Language in Kogi State, Nigeria". SIL Global. 1 August 2024. Archived from the original on 6 July 2026. Retrieved 6 July 2026.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
↑ Ogunmodimu, Morakinyo Dickson (2015). A Grammar of Àhàn - ProQuest (Doctor of Philosophy thesis). ProQuest 1728162668.
↑ "Glottolog 3.3 - Àhàn". glottolog.org. Retrieved 2018-12-13.

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[e18-1] Aahan at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[Ayere/Oyuwu-Ahan-2] 1 2 3 "A Sociolinguistic Profile of the Ahan Language in Ekiti State and the Oyuwu (Ayere) Language in Kogi State, Nigeria". SIL Global. 1 August 2024. Archived from the original on 6 July 2026. Retrieved 6 July 2026.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[3] Ogunmodimu, Morakinyo Dickson (2015). A Grammar of Àhàn - ProQuest (Doctor of Philosophy thesis). ProQuest 1728162668.

[4] "Glottolog 3.3 - Àhàn". glottolog.org. Retrieved 2018-12-13.