Anufo language
| Anufɔ | |
|---|---|
| Chakosi | |
| Anufɔ | |
| Region | Ghana, Togo, Benin, Ivory Coast |
| Ethnicity | Anufo people |
Native speakers | 180,000 (2013)[1] |
| Official status | |
Recognised minority language in | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | cko |
| Glottolog | anuf1239 |
Anufo (Anufɔ), also known as Chakosi, is a Central Tano language spoken in northeast Ghana, northern Togo, northwest Benin and Ivory Coast by approximately 180,000 people.
According to the 2021 Population and Housing Census in Ghana, the Anufo in northeast Ghana, especially those in the Chereponi District numbered 87,176 with more females of (44,342) representing 50.9 percent than males being (42,834) constituting 49.1 percent (GSS, 2021).
Phonology
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Labial-velar | Glottal | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Front | Back | Front | Back | |
| Close | i | u | ĩ | ũ |
| Close-mid | e | o | ||
| Open-Mid | ɛ | ɔ | ɛ̃ | ɔ̃ |
| Open | a | ã | ||
Writing
Anufo is written in the Latin alphabet, with the addition of the letters Ɛ ɛ, Ɱ ɱ, Ŋ ŋ and Ɔ ɔ.[3]
References
- ^ Anufɔ at Ethnologue (22nd ed., 2019)
- ^ "Phoible 2.0 -".
- ^ Anufo Workbook - Oral Proficiency Learning. Lomé: Peace Corp. p. 5.
