Ahlon language
{{Short description|Kwa language spoken in Togo}}
{{Infobox language
|name=Ahlon
|nativename=Igo
|states=Togo
|region=Sassanou
|speakers=7,600
|date=2012
|ref=e18
|familycolor=Niger-Congo
|fam2=Atlantic–Congo
|fam3=Kwa
|fam4=Ka-Togo
|fam5=Kposo–Ahlo
|iso3=ahl
|glotto=igoo1238
|glottorefname=Igo
}}
{{infobox ethnonym||Ago|Igo||Ahlon}}
The Ahlon language, Igo, is spoken in the Plateau Region of Togo. It is considered one of the Ghana–Togo Mountain languages of the Kwa family. Variations of its official name are Achlo, Ahlõ, Ahlo, Ahlon-Bogo, Ahonlan, Anlo.
Phonology
= Consonants =
The consonants of the Ahlon language are located in the chart below.{{Cite web |title=Phoible |url=https://phoible.org/inventories/view/654}}
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! colspan="2" | ! colspan="2" |Bilabial ! colspan="2" |Labiodental ! colspan="2" |Alveolar ! colspan="2" |Post- ! colspan="2" |Palatal ! colspan="2" |Labial–velar ! colspan="2" |Velar ! colspan="2" |Glottal |
| colspan="2" |Nasal
| style="border-right: 0;" | | style="border-left: 0;" |m | colspan="2" | | style="border-right: 0;" | | style="border-left: 0;" |n | colspan="2" | | | colspan="2" |ɲ | colspan="2" | | style="border-right: 0;" | | style="border-left: 0;" |ŋ | colspan="2" | |
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| colspan="2" |Plosive
| style="border-right: 0;" |p | style="border-left: 0;" |b | colspan="2" | | style="border-right: 0;" |t | style="border-left: 0;" |d | style="border-right: 0;" | | style="border-left: 0;" | |ɖ | colspan="2" | |k͡p |ɡ͡b | 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" | | colspan="2" | | style="border-right: 0;" |t̠ʃ | style="border-left: 0;" |d̠ʒ | | colspan="2" | | colspan="2" | | style="border-right: 0;" | | style="border-left: 0;" | | colspan="2" | |
| colspan="2" |Fricative
| colspan="2" | | style="border-right: 0;" |f | style="border-left: 0;" |v | style="border-right: 0;" |s | style="border-left: 0;" |z | style="border-right: 0;" | | style="border-left: 0;" | | | colspan="2" | | 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" | | style="border-right: 0;" | | style="border-left: 0;" | | | style="border-right: 0;" | | style="border-left: 0;" |j | colspan="2" |w | style="border-right: 0;" | | style="border-left: 0;" | | colspan="2" | |
| Lateral
| colspan="2" | | colspan="2" | | style="border-right: 0;" | | style="border-left: 0;" |l | colspan="2" | | | colspan="2" | | colspan="2" | | colspan="2" | | colspan="2" | |
= Vowels =
= Tones =
Ahlon has 3 tones. /˦/ for high tone, /˨/ for low tone, and /˧/ for mid tone.
References
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{{Languages of Togo}}
{{Kwa languages}}
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Category:Ghana–Togo Mountain languages
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