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| Aahan | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Nigeria |
| Region | Ondo State |
Native speakers | (300 cited 2000)[1] |
| 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.[2] It is spoken in the village of Ahan-Ayegunle in the Omuo Oke district.[2]
Distribution
[edit]According to Ethnologue, Ahan is spoken in:
- Ekiti state: Ekiti East LGA.[2]
Phonology
[edit]The phonemic inventory of Ahan is:[3][4]
Consonants
[edit]| 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
[edit]| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High | i ĩ | u ũ | |
| Mid | e | o | |
| Low | ɛ ɛ̃ | ɑ ɑ̃ | ɔ ɔ̃ |
References
[edit]- ↑ 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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