Potou–Tano languages

Potou–Tano
Geographic; distribution	Ivory Coast, Ghana, and Togo
Linguistic classification	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Kwa Potou–Tano; ; ;
Subdivisions	Potou; Tano;
Glottolog	poto1254[1]

The Potou–Tano languages are the only large, well-established branch of the Kwa family. They have been partially reconstructed historically by Stewart in 1989.

Languages

The Potou branch consists of two minor languages of Ivory Coast, Ebrié and Mbato. The Tano branch includes the major languages of SE Ivory Coast and southern Ghana, Baoulé and Akan.

Potou (Potu): Ebrié, Mbato
Tano
- Krobu
- West Tano: Abure, Eotile
- Central Tano (Bia and the Akan language, a.k.a. the Akan languages)
- Guang

References

Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Potou–Tano". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.

External links

Proto-Potou-Akanic-Bantu reconstructions (Stewart)

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[Glottolog-1] Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Potou–Tano". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.