Chakosi language

Chakosi
Chakosi
Anufo
Region	Ghana, Togo, Benin
Ethnicity	Chakosi people
Native speakers	180,000 (2013)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Kwa Potou–Tano Tano Central Tano (Akan) Bia North Chakosi; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
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, and northwest Benin by approximately 180,000 people.

Phonology[]

Consonant^[2]
		Labial			Alveolar		Palatal		Velar		Labial-velar		Glottal
		plain	round	palatal	plain	palatalized	plain	palatalized	plain	round	plain	palatal	Glottal
Nasal		m		mʲ	n		ɲ		ŋ		ŋm	ŋmʲ
Stop	voiceless	p	pʷ	pʲ	t	tʲ	c	cʲ	k	kʷ	kp	kpʲ
Stop	voiced	b	bʷ	bʲ	d	dʲ	ɟ	ɟʲ	ɡ	ɡʷ	gb	gbʲ
Fricative	voiceless	f	fʷ	fʲ	s	ʃ		ɕᶣ					h
Fricative	voiced				z			ʑᶣ
Rhotic					r	rʲ
Approximant	voiceless			ɥ̥
Approximant	voiced			ɥ	l	lᶣ	j				w

Vowels
	Oral		Nasal
	Front	Back	Front	Back
Close	i	u	ĩ	ũ
Close-mid	e	o
Open-Mid	ɛ	ɔ	ɛ̃	ɔ̃
Open	a		ã

References[]

^ Chakosi at Ethnologue (22nd ed., 2019)
^ Moran, Steven; McCloy, Daniel; Wright, Richard (2012-04-08). "Revisiting the population vs phoneme-inventory correlation". LSA Annual Meeting Extended Abstracts. 3: 29. doi:10.3765/exabs.v0i0.601. ISSN 2377-3367.

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[e22-1] Chakosi at Ethnologue (22nd ed., 2019)

[2] Moran, Steven; McCloy, Daniel; Wright, Richard (2012-04-08). "Revisiting the population vs phoneme-inventory correlation". LSA Annual Meeting Extended Abstracts. 3: 29. doi:10.3765/exabs.v0i0.601. ISSN 2377-3367.

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