Fanti is a Central Tano language, spoken along the southwest coast of Ghana between the cities of Takoradi and Kasoa.[1]
Fanti | |
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Region | Ghana |
Ethnicity | Fanti people |
Native speakers | 180,000 (2013)[1] |
Latin | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | aha |
Glottolog | ahan1243 |
Phonology
editConsonants
editThe consonantal phonemes of the Ahanta language are found in the chart below.[2]
Vowels
editFront | Near-front | Near-back | Back | |
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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
editAhanta has two tones. High tone and low tone.
References
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