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Akan (Fante)

Location Ghana
Family NIGER-CONGO (Kwa)
Reference Dolphyne, Florence Abena (1988) The Akan (Twi-Fante) Language: Its Sound Systems and Tonal Structure. Accra: Ghana Universities Press.
Core inventory
p,t,tɕ,tɕɥ,k,kʷ,ĩ,ũ,i,u,b,d,dʑ,dʑɥ,ɡ,ɡʷ,ẽ̝,õ̝,e̝,o̝,f,s,sʲ,sʷ,ɕ,ɕɥ,h,hʷ,e,o,m,n,ɲ,ɲɥ,ŋ,ŋʷ,ɛ,ɔ,l,ã,a,w,ɹ,j,ɥ
Marginal inventory
Consonants
p,t,tɕ,tɕɥ,k,kʷ,b,d,dʑ,dʑɥ,ɡ,ɡʷ,f,s,sʲ,sʷ,ɕ,ɕɥ,h,hʷ,m,n,ɲ,ɲɥ,ŋ,ŋʷ,l,w,ɹ,j,ɥ
Vowels
ĩ,ũ,i,u,ẽ̝,õ̝,e̝,o̝,e,o,ɛ,ɔ,ã,a
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