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

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:^[2][3]

Consonants

	Labial	Dental- Alveolar	Palato- alveolar	Velar	Labio- velar	Glottal
Nasal	m	n	ɲ	ŋ
Stops	b	t d		k g	kp gb
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) (subscription required)
2. Ogunmodimu, Morakinyo Dickson (2015). A Grammar of Àhàn - ProQuest (Doctor of Philosophy thesis). ProQuest 1728162668.
3. "Glottolog 3.3 - Àhàn". glottolog.org. Retrieved 2018-12-13.