Tagwana language

{{Short description|Senufo language of Ivory Coast}} {{Infobox language |name=Tagwana |nativename=''Tagbana'' |states=Ivory Coast |region=Central Department |speakers={{sigfig|138,000|2}} |date=1993 |ref=e18 |familycolor=Niger-Congo |fam2=Atlantic–Congo |fam3=Senufo |fam4=Tagwana–Djimini |iso3=tgw |glotto=tagw1240 |glottorefname=Tagwana Senoufo }}

'''Tagwana''' (Tagbana) is a southern Senufo language of Ivory Coast. It is closely related to Djimini.

== Phonology ==

=== Consonants === {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" ! colspan="2" |<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Traoré |first=Yranahan |title=Nominal classes and phonological agreement in Fròʔò (Tagbana) |last2=Féry |first2=Caroline |publisher=Santa Cruz: University of California |year=2018 |location=In Ryan Bennett and Andrew Angeles and Adrian Brasoveanu and Dhyana Buckley and Nick Kalivoda and Shigeto Kawahara and Grant McGuire and Jaye Padgett (eds.), Hano-Bana: A Festschrift for Junko Ito and Armin Mester |pages=1-29}}</ref> !Labial !Alveolar !Palatal !Velar !Labio- velar !Glottal |- ! colspan="2" |Nasal |m |n |ɲ |ŋ | | |- ! rowspan="2" |Plosive !voiceless |p |t |c |k |k͡p |ʔ |- !voiced |b |d |ɟ |ɡ |ɡ͡b | |- ! colspan="2" |Fricative |f |s | | | |h |- ! colspan="2" |Trill | |r | | | | |- ! colspan="2" |Lateral | |l | | | | |- ! colspan="2" |Approximant | | |j | |w | |}

=== Vowels === {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |+Oral vowels<ref name=":0" /> ! !Front !Central !Back |- !High |i | |u |- !High-mid |e | |o |- !Low-mid |ɛ | |ɔ |- !Low | |a | |}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |+Nasal vowels<ref name=":0" /> ! !Front !Central !Back |- !High |ĩ | |ũ |- !Low-mid |ɛ̃ | |ɔ̃ |- !Low | |ã | |}

==References== {{Reflist}}

{{Languages of Ivory Coast}} {{Gur languages}} {{Authority control}} Category:Tagwana–Djimini languages Category:Languages of Ivory Coast