Anyin language

Anyin, dem sanso know as Agni, Agny, den Anyi, be a Niger-Congo language dem dey speak mainly insyd Côte d'Ivoire den Ghana. E be a Kwa language of de Central Tano branch, wey dey form a dialect continuum plus Baoulé, wey e be closely related to Nzema den Sehwi. Ein dialects, dem divide into Northern den Central dialect areas, dey include Sannvin, Abé, Ano, Bona, Bini, den Barabo insyd de Northern area den Ndenye den Juablin insyd de Central area. Insyd Côte d'Ivoire, der be approximately 1.45 million native speakers of Anyin, along plus 10,000 second-language users; insyd Ghana, der be approximately 66,400 speakers.

Morofo, wey 300,000 dey speak insyd southeastern Côte d'Ivoire, sam times be classified as a dialect of Anyin, buh sanso fi be classified as a separate language.

 Phonology 

 Consonants 
LabialLabial-velarAlveolarPalatalVelarGlottalNasalmnɲŋPlosive/AffricatevoicelesspkptckvoicedbgbdɟgFricativevoicelessfshApproximantɥw(l)jTrillr

 Vowels 
FrontBackCloseiɪʊuMideɛɔoOpena
Of dese vowels, five fi be nasalized: /ĩ/, /ɪ̃/, /ã/, /ũ/, and /ʊ̃/. urn:nbn:de:gbv:700-2005041316.

 Tones 
Anyin get two level tones, high den mid; two contour tones, high-low den low-high; den one neutral tone. Tones be distinguished orthographically only to distinguish minimal pairs den grammatical constructions, anaa wen two otherwise identical vowels plus dey differ tones co-occur: cf. ⟨baá⟩ ([bàá], "kiddie") vs. ⟨ba⟩ ([bá], "to arrive", "to come").

 Grammar 

 Pronouns 
Anyin dey use de following pronouns:
PersonSingularPlural1stsubjectmĩjɛnon-subjectmĩ́jɛ2ndsubjectɛémɔ́non-subjectwɔ́3rdsubjectɔbɛ́non-subjectjíbɛ́

 References 

 External links 
 PanAfriL10n page on Anyi & Baule

Category:Central Tano languages
Category:Languages of Ivory Coast
Category:Languages wey dey Ghana