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'''Anuak''' or '''Anywa''' is a [[Luo languages|Luo]] language which belongs to the [[Western Nilotic languages|western Nilotic]] branch of the [[Nilotic languages|Nilotic language family]]. It is spoken primarily in the Western part of [[Ethiopia]] by the [[Anuak people|Anuak]]. Other names for this language include: ''Anyuak, Anywa, Yambo, Jambo, Yembo, Bar, Burjin, Miroy, Moojanga, Nuro''.<ref>Raymond G. Gordon Jr., ed. 2005. ''Ethnologue: Languages of the World''. 15th edition. Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics.</ref> Anuak, Päri, and Jur-Luwo comprise a dialect cluster.<ref>Reh, Mechthild (1996): Anywa Language: Description and Internal Reconstructions. Köln: Rüdiger Köppe. p.5</ref> The most thorough description of the Anuak language is Reh (1996) ''Anywa Language: Description and Internal Reconstructions'', which also includes glossed texts.

{{Infobox language

| name = Chakosi

| nativename = Anufo

| region = [[Ghana]], [[Togo]], [[Benin]]

| ethnicity = [[Chakosi people]]

| speakers = {{sigfig|177,200|2}}

| date = 2013

| ref = e22

| familycolor = Niger-Congo

| fam2 = [[Atlantic–Congo languages|Atlantic–Congo]]

| fam3 = [[Kwa languages|Kwa]]

| fam4 = [[Potou–Tano languages|Potou–Tano]]

| fam5 = [[Tano languages|Tano]]

| fam6 = [[Central Tano languages|Central Tano (Akan)]]

| fam7 = [[Bia languages|Bia]]

| fam8 = North

| iso3 = cko

| glotto = anuf1239

| glottorefname = Anufo

}}

'''Chakosi''', also known by its [[Autonym (semantics)|autonym]] '''Anufo''', is a [[Central Tano language]] spoken in northeast [[Ghana]], northern [[Togo]], and northwest [[Benin]] by approximately 180,000 people.

==Phonology==

===Consonants===

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

{|class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"

! colspan="2" |

! scope="col" | [[Labial consonant|Labial]]

! scope="col" | [[Dental consonant|Dental]]

! scope="col" | [[Alveolar consonant|Alveolar]]

! scope="col" | [[palatal consonant|Palatal]]

! scope="col" | [[Velar consonant|Velar]]

|-

! colspan="2" scope="row" | [[Nasal consonant|Nasal]]

|+Consonant<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Moran|first=Steven|last2=McCloy|first2=Daniel|last3=Wright|first3=Richard|date=2012-04-08|title=Revisiting the population vs phoneme-inventory correlation|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.3765/exabs.v0i0.601|journal=LSA Annual Meeting Extended Abstracts|volume=3|pages=29|doi=10.3765/exabs.v0i0.601|issn=2377-3367}}</ref>

| {{IPA link|m}}

!rowspan="2" colspan="2"|

| {{IPA link|n̪}}

! colspan="3" | [[Labial consonant|Labial]]

| {{IPA link|n}}

!colspan="2" | [[Alveolar consonant|Alveolar]]

| {{IPA link|ɲ}}

!colspan="2" | [[Palatal consonant|Palatal]]

| {{IPA link|ŋ}}

!colspan="2" | [[Velar consonant|Velar]]

!colspan="2" | [[Labiovelar consonant|Labiovelar]]

! rowspan="2" | [[Glottalic consonant|Glottal]]

|- class=small

! plain

! [[Labialization|round]]

! [[Palatalization (phonetics)|palatal]]

! plain

! [[Palatalization (phonetics)|palatalized]]

! plain

! [[Palatalization (phonetics)|palatalized]]

! [[velarization|plain]]

! round

! plain

! [[Palatalization (phonetics)|palatal]]

|-

! colspanrowspan="2" scope="row" | [[NasalPlosive]]/<br stop|Nasal/>[[affricate]]

! scope="row" | {{small|[[Fortis and lenis|fortis]]}}

| {{IPA|m}}

| || {{IPA link|mʲp}}

| {{IPA link|nt̪}} ||

| {{IPA|ɲ}}|| || {{IPAlink|ŋt}}

| {{IPA link|c}}

|

| {{IPA|ŋm}} || {{IPAlink|ŋmʲk}}

|

|-

! rowspanscope="2row" | {{small|[[StopFortis and consonantlenis|Stoplenis]]}}

| {{IPA link|b}}

!<small>[[Voice (phonetics)|voiceless]]</small>

| {{IPA link|pd̪}}

| {{IPA|pʷ}}|| {{IPAlink|pʲd}}

| {{IPA|t}} || {{IPAlink|tʲɟ}}

| {{IPA|c}} || {{IPAlink|cʲɡ}}

| {{IPA|k}} || {{IPA|kʷ}}

| {{IPA|kp}} || {{IPA|kpʲ}}

|

|-

! colspan="2" scope="row" | [[Approximant]]

!<small>[[Voice (phonetics)|voiced]]</small>

| {{IPA link|bw}}

|

| {{IPA|bʷ}} || {{IPA|bʲ}}

| {{IPA|d}} || {{IPAlink|dʲl}}

| {{IPA|ɟ}} || {{IPAlink|ɟʲj}}

| {{IPA|ɡ}} || {{IPA|ɡʷ}}

| {{IPA|gb}} || {{IPA|gbʲ}}

|

|-

! colspan="2" scope="row" | [[Trill]]

! rowspan="2" |[[Fricative consonant|Fricative]]

!<small>[[Voice (phonetics)|voiceless]]</small>

| {{IPA|f}}

| {{IPA|fʷ}} || {{IPA|fʲ}}

| {{IPA|s}} || {{IPA|ʃ}}

|

| {{IPA|ɕᶣ}} || ||

|

| || {{IPA|h}}

|-

!<small>[[Voice (phonetics)|voiced]]</small>

|

| ||

| {{IPA|z}} ||

|

| {{IPA|ʑᶣ}} || ||

|

| {{IPA link|r}}

|

|

|-

|}

! colspan="2" | [[Rhotic consonant|Rhotic]]

===Vowels===

{|class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"

! rowspan="2" |

! rowspan="2" | [[Front vowel|Front]]

! colspan="2" | [[Back vowel|Back]]

|- style="font-size: x-small;"

![[Roundedness|Unrounded]]

![[Roundedness|Rounded]]

|-

! [[Close vowel|Close]]

| {{IPA link|i|i iː}}

|

| {{IPA link|u|u uː}}

| ||

| {{IPA|r}} || {{IPA|rʲ}}

|

| || ||

|

| ||

|-

! [[Near-close vowel|Near-Close]]

! rowspan="2" | [[Approximant]]

| {{IPA link|ɪ|ɪ ɪː}}

!<small>[[Voice (phonetics)|voiceless]]</small>

|

| ||{{IPA link|ʊ|ɥ̥ʊ ʊː}}

| ||

| ||

| ||

| ||

|

|-

! [[Close-mid vowel|Close-mid]]

!<small>[[Voice (phonetics)|voiced]]</small>

| {{IPA link|e|e eː}}

|

|

| ||{{IPA|ɥ}}

| {{IPA|l}} link|o|o {{IPA|lᶣoː}}

|-

| {{IPA|j}}

! [[Open-mid vowel|Open-mid]]

|

| {{IPA link|ɛ|ɛ ɛː}}

| ||

| {{IPA link|wʌ|ʌ ʌː}}

| {{IPA link|ɔ|ɔ ɔː}}

| ||

|-

! [[Open vowel|Open]]

| {{IPA link|a|a aː}}

| colspan="2" |

|}

===Dipthongs===

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"

|+ Vowels

!

! [Front vowel|Front]]

! colspan="2" align="center" |Oral

! colspan="2" align="center" |[[NasalBack vowel|NasalBack]]

|-

! [[Close vowel|Close]]

!

| {{IPA|ie|ie}}

![[Front vowel|Front]]

| {{IPA|uo|uo}}

![[Back vowel|Back]]

!Front

!Back

|-

! align="left" |[[CloseNear-close vowel|Near-Close]]

| align="center" |{{IPA|iɪɛ|ɪɛ}}

| align="center" |{{IPA|uʊɔ|ʊɔ}}

| align="center" |{{IPA|ĩ}}

| align="center" |{{IPA|ũ}}

|-

|}

! align="left"|[[Close-mid vowel|Close-mid]]

===Tones===

| align="center"|{{IPA|e}}

{|class="wikitable" style="margin:.6em 0;text-align:center"

| align="center"|{{IPA|o}}

|+ Tones

| align="center"|{{IPA|ẽ}}

| align="center"|{{IPA|õ}}

|-

!scope="col"| Tone

! align="left" |[[Open-mid vowel|Open-Mid]]

!scope="col"| Contour

| align="center" |{{IPA|ɛ}}

| align!scope="centercol" |{{ IPA|ɔ}}

!scope="col"| Letters<br />1957

| align="center" |{{IPA|ɛ̃}}

!scope="col"| Letters<br />1982

| align="center" |{{IPA|ɔ̃}}

!scope="col"| Description

!scope="col"| Example

!scope="col"| Gloss

|-

!scope="row"| 1

! align="left" |[[Open vowel|Open]]

| align="center"24 ||| /ǎ/ {{IPAIPAslink|a˨˦}}

|colspan="2"| ''(none)'' || rising || ''son'' || to teach

|

|-

| align="center" |{{IPA|ã}}

| align!scope="centerrow"| |2

| 31 ||| /a᷆/ {{IPAslink|˧˩}}

| [[Ƨ|Ƨ ƨ]] || Z z || low falling || ''mwng'''z''''' || thou

|-

!scope="row" rowspan="2"| 3

|rowspan="2"| 55 ||rowspan="2" | /a̋/ {{IPAslink|˥}}

| [[З|З з]] || J j || high level || ''hwn'''j''''' || to climb up

|-

|colspan="2"| -p/t/k || high checked || ''bak'' || a mouth

|-

!scope="row"| 4

| 42 ||| /â/ {{IPAslink|˦˨}}

| [[Ч|Ч ч]] || X x || falling || ''ma'''x''''' || a horse

|-

!scope="row"| 5

| 35 ||| /a᷄/ {{IPAslink|˧˥}}

| [[Ƽ|Ƽ ƽ]] || Q q || high rising ||'' gva'''q''''' || to cross

|-

!scope="row" rowspan="2"| 6

|rowspan="2"| 33 ||rowspan="2" | /ā/ {{IPAslink|˧}}

| [[Ƅ|Ƅ ƅ]] || H h || mid level || ''da'''h''''' || a river

|-

|colspan="2"| -b/g/d || mid checked || ''bag'' || to hack

|}

== References ==

==References==

{{Reflist}}

{{Languages of Benin}}

{{Languages of Ghana}}

{{Languages of Togo}}

{{Kwa languages}}

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[[Category:Central Tano languages]]

[[Category:Languages of Togo]]

[[Category:Languages of Benin]]

[[Category:Languages of Ghana]]

{{kwa-lang-stub}}