Chakosi language
Chakosi | |
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Anufo | |
Region | Ghana, Togo, Benin, Ivory Coast |
Ethnicity | Chakosi people |
Native speakers | 180,000 (2013)[1] |
Official status | |
Recognised minority language in | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | cko |
Glottolog | anuf1239 |
Chakosi, also known by its autonym Anufo, is a Central Tano language spoken in northeast Ghana, northern Togo, northwest Benin and Ivory Coast by approximately 180,000 people.
Phonology
[edit]Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Labial-velar | Glottal | ||||||||
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plain | round | palatal | plain | palatal | plain | palatal | plain | round | plain | palatal | |||
Nasal | m | mʲ | n | ɲ | ŋ | ŋm | ŋmʲ | ||||||
Stop | voiceless | p | pʷ | pʲ | t | tʲ | c | cʲ | k | kʷ | kp | kpʲ | |
voiced | b | bʷ | bʲ | d | dʲ | ɟ | ɟʲ | ɡ | ɡʷ | gb | gbʲ | ||
Fricative | voiceless | f | fʷ | fʲ | s | ʃ | ɕᶣ | h | |||||
voiced | z | ʑᶣ | |||||||||||
Rhotic | r | rʲ | |||||||||||
Approximant | voiceless | ɥ̥ | |||||||||||
voiced | ɥ | l | lᶣ | j | w |
Oral | Nasal | |||
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Front | Back | Front | Back | |
Close | i | u | ĩ | ũ |
Close-mid | e | o | ||
Open-Mid | ɛ | ɔ | ɛ̃ | ɔ̃ |
Open | a | ã |
References
[edit]- ^ Chakosi at Ethnologue (22nd ed., 2019)
- ^ "Phoible 2.0 -".