Ahanta language
{{Short description|Niger-Congo language of Ghana}}
{{Infobox language
| name = Fanti
| nativename =
| region = Ghana
| ethnicity = Fanti people
| speakers = {{sigfig|175,000|2}}
| date = 2013
| ref = e25
| familycolor = Niger-Congo
| fam2 = Atlantic–Congo
| fam3 = Kwa
| fam4 = Potou–Tano
| fam5 = Tano
| fam6 = Central Tano (Akan)
| fam7 = Bia
| fam8 = South
| iso3 = aha
| glotto = ahan1243
| glottorefname = Fanti
| script = Latin
}}
Fanti is a Central Tano 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.{{Cite web |title=Phoible |url=https://phoible.org/inventories/view/1400}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
! colspan="2" | ! colspan="2" |Bilabial ! colspan="2" |Labiodental ! colspan="2" |Dental ! colspan="2" |Alveolar ! colspan="2" |Post- ! colspan="2" |Palatal ! colspan="2" |Velar ! colspan="2" |Glottal |
| colspan="2" |Nasal
| style="border-right: 0;" | | style="border-left: 0;" |m | colspan="2" | | colspan="2" | | style="border-right: 0;" | | style="border-left: 0;" |n | colspan="2" | | colspan="2" |ɲ | | style="border-right: 0;" | | style="border-left: 0;" |ŋ | colspan="2" | |
|---|
| colspan="2" |Plosive
| style="border-right: 0;" | | style="border-left: 0;" |b | colspan="2" | |t̪ |d̪ | style="border-right: 0;" | | style="border-left: 0;" | | style="border-right: 0;" | | style="border-left: 0;" | | colspan="2" | | | style="border-right: 0;" |k | style="border-left: 0;" |g | style="border-right: 0;" | | style="border-left: 0;" | |
| colspan="2" |Affricate
| style="border-right: 0;" | | style="border-left: 0;" | | colspan="2" | | style="border-right: 0;" | | style="border-left: 0;" | | colspan="2" | | style="border-right: 0;" | | style="border-left: 0;" | |cç |ɟʝ |k͡p | style="border-right: 0;" | | style="border-left: 0;" | | colspan="2" | |
| colspan="2" |Fricative
| colspan="2" | | style="border-right: 0;" |f | style="border-left: 0;" | | style="border-right: 0;" | | style="border-left: 0;" | | style="border-right: 0;" |s | style="border-left: 0;" | | style="border-right: 0;" |ʃ | style="border-left: 0;" | | colspan="2" | | | style="border-right: 0;" | | style="border-left: 0;" | | style="border-right: 0;" |h | style="border-left: 0;" | |
| rowspan="2" |Approximant
| colspan="2" | | colspan="2" | | colspan="2" | | colspan="2" | | style="border-right: 0;" | | style="border-left: 0;" | | style="border-right: 0;" | | style="border-left: 0;" |j |w | style="border-right: 0;" | | style="border-left: 0;" | | colspan="2" | |
| Lateral
| colspan="2" | | colspan="2" | | colspan="2" | | style="border-right: 0;" | | style="border-left: 0;" |l | colspan="2" | | colspan="2" | | | colspan="2" | | colspan="2" | |
| colspan="2" |Labialized
| colspan="2" | | colspan="2" | | colspan="2" | | colspan="2" | | colspan="2" |ʃʷ | | colspan="2" |ɡʷ | colspan="2" | |
= Vowels =
= Tones =
Ahanta has two tones. High tone and low tone.
References
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{{Languages of Ghana}}
{{Kwa languages}}
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Category:Central Tano languages
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