Anyin language

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]

Anyin
Anyi
Native to	Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana
Ethnicity	Anyi
Native speakers	1.5 million (2017)[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Kwa Potou–Tano Tano Central Tano Bia North Anyin
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either: any – Anyin mtb – Anyin Morofo
Glottolog	anyi1246

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]

Phonology

Consonants

		Labial	Labial-velar	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal		m		n	ɲ	ŋ
Plosive/ Affricate	voiceless	p	kp	t	c	k
	voiced	b	gb	d	ɟ	g
Fricative	voiceless	f		s			h
Approximant		ɥ	w	(l)	j
Trill				r

Vowels

	Front		Back
Close	i	ɪ	ʊ	u
Mid	e	ɛ	ɔ	o
Open	a

Of these vowels, five may be nasalized: /ĩ/, /ɪ̃/, /ã/, /ũ/, and /ʊ̃/.^[5]

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]

Grammar

Pronouns

Anyin uses the following pronouns:^[6]

Person		Singular	Plural
1st	subject	mĩ	jɛ
	non-subject	mĩ́	jɛ
2nd	subject	ɛ	émɔ́
	non-subject	wɔ́
3rd	subject	ɔ	bɛ́
	non-subject	jí	bɛ́

See also

• Baoulé language
• Nzema language
• Sehwi language