Tagwana language

Tagwana
Tagbana
Native to	Ivory Coast
Region	Central Department
Native speakers	(140,000 cited 1993)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Senufo Tagwana–Djimini Tagwana
Language codes
ISO 639-3	tgw
Glottolog	tagw1240

Tagwana (Tagbana) is a southern Senufo language of Ivory Coast. It is closely related to Djimini.

Phonology

Consonants

		Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Labio- velar	Glottal
Nasal		m	n	ɲ	ŋ
Plosive	voiceless	p	t	c	k	k͡p	ʔ
	voiced	b	d	ɟ	ɡ	ɡ͡b
Fricative		f	s				h
Trill			r
Lateral			l
Approximant				j		w

Vowels

Oral vowels

	Front	Central	Back
High	i		u
High-mid	e		o
Low-mid	ɛ		ɔ
Low		a

Nasal vowels

	Front	Central	Back
High	ĩ		ũ
Low-mid	ɛ̃		ɔ̃
Low		ã