Ahanta language

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

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

Phonology

Consonants

The consonantal phonemes of the Ahanta language are found in the 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

The vowels that can be nasalized are /ĩ/, /ã/, /ũ/, /ɪ̃/, and /ʊ̃/.

Tones

Ahanta has two tones. High tone and low tone.