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 family | Niger–Congo?
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | ahn |
| Glottolog | ahan1244 |
| ELP | Àhàn |
According to Ethnologue, Ahan is spoken in:
The phonemic inventory of Ahan is:[2][3]
| Labial | Dental- Alveolar |
Palato- alveolar |
Velar | Labio- velar |
Glottal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | ||
| Stops | b | t d | k g | kp gb | ||
| Affricate | ts | tʃ dʒ | ||||
| Fricative | f | θ s | h | |||
| Lateral Approx. | l | |||||
| Central Approx. | r | j | w |
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High | i ĩ | u ũ | |
| Mid | e | o | |
| Low | ɛ ɛ̃ | ɑ ɑ̃ | ɔ ɔ̃ |
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Volta–Niger languages | |||||||||
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| Ayere-Ahan | |||||||||
| Gbe | |||||||||
| Igboid | |||||||||
| Yoruboid | |||||||||
| Edoid |
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| Nupoid | |||||||||
| Idomoid | |||||||||
| Others | |||||||||