Ahan language

Aahan (Ààhàn) is a divergent Volta–Niger language of Nigeria, closely related only to Ayere.

Aahan
Native to	Nigeria
Region	Ondo State
Native speakers	300 (2000)[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Volta–Niger Ayere–Ahan Aahan
Language codes
ISO 639-3	ahn
Glottolog	ahan1244
ELP	Àhàn[2]

Distribution

According to Ethnologue, Ahan is spoken in:

• Ekiti state: Ekiti East LGA, Omuo town
• Kogi state: Ijumu LGA
• Ondo state: Akoko North West LGA, Ajowa, and Igashi towns

Phonology

The phonemic inventory of Ahan is:[3][4]

Consonants

	Labial	Labio-dental	Dental-Alveolar	Palato-alveolar	Velar	Palatal	Labio-velar	Glottal
Stops	b		t d		k g		kp gb
Nasal	m		n	ɲ	ŋ
Affricate			ts	tʃ  dʒ
Fricative		f	θ s					h
Lateral Approx.			l
Central Approx.			r			j	w

Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
High	i ĩ		u ũ
Mid	e		o
Low	ɛ ɛ̃	ɑ ɑ̃	ɔ ɔ̃

References

1. Aahan at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
2. Endangered Languages Project data for Àhàn.
3. "A Grammar of Àhàn - ProQuest". ProQuest 1728162668. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
4. "Glottolog 3.3 - Àhàn". glottolog.org. Retrieved 2018-12-13.