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Chakosi
Anufo
RegionGhana, Togo, Benin
EthnicityChakosi people
Native speakers
180,000 (2013)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3cko
Glottologanuf1239

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 Labiovelar Glottal
plain round palatal plain palatalized plain palatalized plain round plain palatal
Nasal m n ɲ ŋ ŋm ŋmʲ
Stop voiceless p t c k kp kpʲ
voiced b d ɟ ɟʲ ɡ ɡʷ gb gbʲ
Fricative voiceless f s ʃ ɕᶣ h
voiced z ʑᶣ
Rhotic r
Approximant voiceless ɥ̥
voiced ɥ l lᶣ j w
Vowels
Oral Nasal
Front Back Front Back
Close i u ĩ ũ
Close-mid e o õ
Open-Mid ɛ ɔ ɛ̃ ɔ̃
Open a ã

References

  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.