Ahanta language

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

Fanti is a Central Tano language, spoken along the southwest coast of Ghana between the cities of Takoradi and Kasoa.^[1]

Phonology

The consonantal phonemes of the Ahanta language are found in the chart below.^[2]

	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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