Ahanta language

Ahanta
Ahanta
Anyinda
Region	Ghana
Ethnicity	Guan
Native speakers	180,000 (2013)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Kwa Potou–Tano Tano Guan Bia South Ahanta; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Writing system	Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3	aha
Glottolog	ahan1243

Ahanta is a Guan language, spoken along the southwest coast of Ghana between the cities of Takoradi and Kasoa.

Phonology

The consonantal phonemes of the Ahanta language are found in the chart below.

	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/.

Ahanta has two tones. High tone and low tone.

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