# Anyin language > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Anyin_language > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Anyin_language.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anyin_language > Source revision: 1354825750 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Kwa language spoken in West Africa}} {{Infobox language | name = Anyin | nativename = ''Anyi'' | states = [Côte d'Ivoire](/source/C%C3%B4te_d'Ivoire), [Ghana](/source/Ghana) | ethnicity = [Anyi](/source/Anyi_people) | speakers = {{sigfig|1.5164|2}} million | date = 2017 | ref = e22 | familycolor = Niger-Congo | fam2 = [Atlantic–Congo](/source/Atlantic%E2%80%93Congo_languages) | fam3 = [Kwa](/source/Kwa_languages) | fam4 = [Potou–Tano](/source/Potou%E2%80%93Tano_languages) | fam5 = [Tano](/source/Tano_languages) | fam6 = [Akan](/source/Akan_languages) | fam7 = [Bia](/source/Bia_languages) | fam8 = North | lc1 = any | ld1 = Anyin | lc2 = mtb | ld2 = Anyin Morofo | glotto = anyi1246 | glottorefname = Anyinic }} '''Anyin''', also known as '''Agni''', '''Agny''', and '''Anyi''', is a [Niger-Congo](/source/Niger-Congo) language spoken mainly in [Côte d'Ivoire](/source/C%C3%B4te_d'Ivoire) and [Ghana](/source/Ghana). It is a [Kwa](/source/Kwa_languages) language of the [Akan](/source/Akan_languages) branch, forming a [dialect continuum](/source/dialect_continuum) with [Baoulé](/source/Baoul%C3%A9_language), and is closely related to [Nzema](/source/Nzema_language) and [Sehwi](/source/Sehwi_language).{{Cite thesis |last=Koffi |first=Ettien N'da |title=The interface between phonology and morpho(phono)logy in the standardization of Anyi orthography |date=1990 |degree=PhD |publisher=Indiana University |url=http://orthographyclearinghouse.org/papers/koffi_Ettien_1990_Phonology_and_Orthography_of_Anyi.pdf}} 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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ethnologue.com/language/any|title=Anyin|website=Ethnologue|language=en|access-date=2020-01-03}} [Morofo](/source/Morofo_language), 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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ethnologue.com/language/mtb|title=Anyin Morofo|website=Ethnologue|language=en|access-date=2020-01-03}} == Phonology == === Consonants === {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" ! colspan="2" | ![Labial](/source/Labial_consonant) ![Labial-velar](/source/Labial%E2%80%93velar_consonant) ![Alveolar](/source/Alveolar_consonant) ![Palatal](/source/Palatal_consonant) ![Velar](/source/Velar_consonant) ![Glottal](/source/Glottal_consonant) |- ! colspan="2" |[Nasal](/source/Nasal_consonant) |{{IPA link|m}} | |{{IPA link|n}} |{{IPA link|ɲ}} |{{IPA link|ŋ}} | |- ! rowspan="2" |[Plosive](/source/Plosive)/
[Affricate](/source/Affricate) !{{small|[voiceless](/source/Voicelessness)}} |[p](/source/Voiceless_bilabial_stop) |{{IPA link|kp}} |{{IPA link|t̪|t}} |{{IPA link|c}} |{{IPA link|k}} | |- !{{small|[voiced](/source/Voice_(phonetics))}} |{{IPA link|b}} |{{IPA link|gb}} |{{IPA link|d̪|d}} |{{IPA link|ɟ}} |{{IPA link|g}} | |- ![Fricative](/source/Fricative) !{{small|[voiceless](/source/Voicelessness)}} |{{IPA link|f}} | |{{IPA link|s}} | | |{{IPA link|h}} |- ! colspan="2" |[Approximant](/source/Approximant) |{{IPA link|ɥ}} |{{IPA link|w}} |({{IPA link|l}}) |{{IPA link|j}} | | |- ! colspan="2" |[Trill](/source/Trill_consonant) | | |{{IPA link|r}}|| || || |} === Vowels === {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" ! ! colspan="2" |[Front](/source/Front_vowel) ! colspan="2" |[Back](/source/Back_vowel) |- ![Close](/source/Close_vowel) |[i](/source/Close_front_unrounded_vowel) |[ɪ](/source/Near-close_front_unrounded_vowel) |[ʊ](/source/Near-close_front_unrounded_vowel) |[u](/source/Close_back_rounded_vowel) |- ![Mid](/source/Mid_vowel) |[e](/source/Close-mid_front_rounded_vowel) |[ɛ](/source/Open-mid_front_unrounded_vowel) |[ɔ](/source/Open-mid_back_rounded_vowel) |[o](/source/o) |- ![Open](/source/Open_vowel) | colspan="2" |[a](/source/Open_front_unrounded_vowel) | | |} Of these vowels, five may be nasalized: /ĩ/, /ɪ̃/, /ã/, /ũ/, and /ʊ̃/.{{Cite thesis |last=Ahua |first=Mouchi Blaise |title=Conditions linguistiques pour une orthographe de l’agni: une analyse contrastive des dialectes sanvi et djuablin |date=2004 |degree=PhD |publisher=Osnabrück University |language=French |trans-title=Linguistic conditions for an orthography of Agni: a contrastive analysis of the Sanvi and Djuablin dialects |id={{URN|nbn|de:gbv:700-2005041316}}}} === Tones === Anyin has two level tones, high and mid; two contour tones, high-low and low-high; and one neutral tone. 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"). == Grammar == === Pronouns === Anyin uses the following pronouns:{{Cite journal |last=Burmeister |first=Jonathan |date=1988 |title=Personal pronouns in Anyi and related languages |url=http://main.journalofwestafricanlanguages.org/index.php/downloads/download/52-volume1802/245-personal-pronouns-in-anyi-and-related-languages |journal=Journal of West African Languages |volume=18 |issue=2 |pages=83–104 |access-date=2020-01-04}} {| class="wikitable" ! colspan="2" |Person !Singular !Plural |- ! rowspan="2" |1st !subject |mĩ |jɛ |- !non-subject |mĩ́ |jɛ |- ! rowspan="2" |2nd !subject |ɛ | rowspan="2" |émɔ́ |- !non-subject |wɔ́ |- ! rowspan="2" |3rd !subject |ɔ |bɛ́ |- !non-subject |jí |bɛ́ |} == See also == * [Baoulé language](/source/Baoul%C3%A9_language) * [Nzema language](/source/Nzema_language) * [Sehwi language](/source/Sehwi_language) == References == {{reflist}} == External links == * [http://www.bisharat.net/wikidoc/pmwiki.php/PanAfrLoc/AnyiBaule PanAfriL10n page on Anyi & Baule] {{Languages of Côte d'Ivoire}} {{Languages of Ghana}} {{Kwa languages}} {{Authority control}} Category:Bia languages Category:Languages of Ivory Coast Category:Languages of Ghana {{kwa-lang-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Anyin language](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anyin_language) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anyin_language?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.