Anyin, also known as Agni, Agny, and Anyi, is a Niger-Congo language spoken mainly in Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana. It is a Kwa language of the Central Tano branch, forming a dialect continuum with Baoulé, and is closely related to Nzema and Sehwi.[2] Its dialects, divided into Northern and Central dialect areas, include Sannvin, Abé, Ano, Bona, Bini, and Barabo in the Northern area and Ndenye and Juablin in the Central area. In Côte d'Ivoire, there are approximately 1.45 million native speakers of Anyin, along with 10,000 second-language users; in Ghana, there are approximately 66,400 speakers.[3]
Morofo, spoken by 300,000 in southeastern Côte d'Ivoire, is sometimes classified as a dialect of Anyin, but may also be classified as a separate language.[4]
Of these vowels, five may be nasalized: /ĩ/, /ɪ̃/, /ã/, /ũ/, and /ʊ̃/.[5][6]
Tones
Anyin has two level tones, high and mid; two contour tones, high-low and low-high; and one neutral tone.[2][5] Tones are distinguished orthographically only to distinguish minimal pairs and grammatical constructions, or when two otherwise identical vowels with differing tones co-occur: cf. ⟨baá⟩ ([bàá], "child") vs. ⟨ba⟩ ([bá], "to arrive", "to come").[2]
^ abcKoffi, Ettien N'da (1990). The interface between phonology and morpho(phono)logy in the standardization of Anyi orthography(PDF) (PhD thesis). Indiana University.
^ abAhua, Mouchi Blaise (2004). Conditions linguistiques pour une orthographe de l´agni: une analyse contrastive des dialectes sanvi et djuablin [Linguistic conditions for an orthography of Agni: a contrastive analysis of the Sanvi and Djuablin dialects] (PhD thesis) (in French). Osnabrück University. urn:nbn:de:gbv:700-2005041316.
^"Inventory Anyi (GM 1298)". PHOIBLE 2.0 -. Retrieved 2020-01-03.
^Burmeister, Jonathan (1988). "Personal pronouns in Anyi and related languages". Journal of West African Languages. 18 (2): 83–104. Retrieved 2020-01-04.
anyin, language, anyin, also, known, agni, agny, anyi, niger, congo, language, spoken, mainly, côte, ivoire, ghana, language, central, tano, branch, forming, dialect, continuum, with, baoulé, closely, related, nzema, sehwi, dialects, divided, into, northern, c. Anyin also known as Agni Agny and Anyi is a Niger Congo language spoken mainly in Cote d Ivoire and Ghana It is a Kwa language of the Central Tano branch forming a dialect continuum with Baoule and is closely related to Nzema and Sehwi 2 Its dialects divided into Northern and Central dialect areas include Sannvin Abe Ano Bona Bini and Barabo in the Northern area and Ndenye and Juablin in the Central area In Cote d Ivoire there are approximately 1 45 million native speakers of Anyin along with 10 000 second language users in Ghana there are approximately 66 400 speakers 3 AnyinAnyiNative toCote d Ivoire GhanaEthnicityAnyiNative speakers1 5 million 2017 1 Language familyNiger Congo Atlantic CongoKwaPotou TanoTanoCentral TanoBiaNorthAnyinLanguage codesISO 639 3Either a href https iso639 3 sil org code any class extiw title iso639 3 any any a Anyin a href https iso639 3 sil org code mtb class extiw title iso639 3 mtb mtb a Anyin MorofoGlottologanyi1246Morofo spoken by 300 000 in southeastern Cote d Ivoire is sometimes classified as a dialect of Anyin but may also be classified as a separate language 4 Contents 1 Phonology 1 1 Consonants 1 2 Vowels 1 3 Tones 2 Grammar 2 1 Pronouns 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksPhonology EditConsonants Edit Labial Labial velar Alveolar Postalveolar Palatal Velar GlottalNasal m n ɲ ŋPlosive Affricate voiceless p kp t tʃ c k ʔvoiced b gb d dʒ ɟ gFricative voiceless f s ʃ hApproximant w jTrill rVowels Edit Front BackClose i ɪ ʊ uMid e ɛ ɔ oOpen aOf these vowels five may be nasalized ĩ ɪ a ũ and ʊ 5 6 Tones Edit Anyin has two level tones high and mid two contour tones high low and low high and one neutral tone 2 5 Tones are distinguished orthographically only to distinguish minimal pairs and grammatical constructions or when two otherwise identical vowels with differing tones co occur cf baa baa child vs ba ba to arrive to come 2 Grammar EditPronouns Edit Anyin uses the following pronouns 7 Person Singular Plural1st subject mĩ jɛnon subject mĩ jɛ2nd subject ɛ emɔ non subject wɔ 3rd subject ɔ bɛ non subject ji bɛ See also EditBaoule language Nzema language Sehwi languageReferences Edit Anyin at Ethnologue 22nd ed 2019 Anyin Morofo at Ethnologue 22nd ed 2019 a b c Koffi Ettien N da 1990 The interface between phonology and morpho phono logy in the standardization of Anyi orthography PDF PhD thesis Indiana University Anyin Ethnologue Retrieved 2020 01 03 Anyin Morofo Ethnologue Retrieved 2020 01 03 a b Ahua Mouchi Blaise 2004 Conditions linguistiques pour une orthographe de l agni une analyse contrastive des dialectes sanvi et djuablin Linguistic conditions for an orthography of Agni a contrastive analysis of the Sanvi and Djuablin dialects PhD thesis in French Osnabruck University urn nbn de gbv 700 2005041316 Inventory Anyi GM 1298 PHOIBLE 2 0 Retrieved 2020 01 03 Burmeister Jonathan 1988 Personal pronouns in Anyi and related languages Journal of West African Languages 18 2 83 104 Retrieved 2020 01 04 External links EditPanAfriL10n page on Anyi amp Baule This article about Volta Congo languages is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Anyin language amp oldid 1137995704, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
