Ahan language
Aahan (Ààhàn) is a divergent Volta–Niger language of Nigeria, closely related only to Ayere.
| Aahan | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Nigeria |
| Region | Ondo State |
Native speakers | 300 (2000)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | ahn |
| Glottolog | ahan1244[2] |
Distribution
According to Ethnologue, Ahan is spoken in:
- Ekiti state: Ekiti East LGA, Omuo town
- Kogi state: Ijumu LGA
- Ondo state: Akoko North West LGA, Ajowa, and Igashi towns
Phonology
The phonemic inventory of Ahan is:[3][4]
Consonants
| Labial | Labio-dental | Dental-Alveolar | Palato-alveolar | Velar | Palatal | Labio-velar | Glottal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stops | b | t d | k g | kp gb | ||||
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | ||||
| Affricate | ts | tʃ dʒ | ||||||
| Fricative | f | ɵ s | h | |||||
| Lateral Approx. | l | |||||||
| Central Approx. | r | j | w |
Vowels
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High | i ĩ | u ũ | |
| Mid | e | o | |
| Low | ɛ ɛ̃ | ɑ ɑ̃ | ɔ ɔ̃ |
References
- Aahan at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Àhàn". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- "A Grammar of Àhàn - ProQuest". ProQuest 1728162668. Cite journal requires
|journal=(help) - "Glottolog 3.3 - Àhàn". glottolog.org. Retrieved 2018-12-13.
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