Akan phonology

Consonants

		Labial			Alveolar			Dorsal			Labialized
Nasal	plain	m		⟨m⟩	/n/	[ŋ, ɲ, ɲĩ]	⟨n, ngi⟩				/nʷ/	[ŋːʷ, ɲᶣĩ]	⟨nw, nu⟩
	geminated				/nː/	[ŋː, ɲːĩ]	⟨ng, nyi, nnyi⟩				/nːʷ/	[ɲːᶣĩ]	⟨nw⟩
Stop	voiceless	/p/	[pʰ]	⟨p⟩	/t/	[tʰ, tçi]	⟨t, ti⟩	/k/	[kʰ, tʃ, tɕʰi~cçʰi]	⟨k, tw, kyi⟩	/kʷ/	[tɕᶣi]	⟨kw, twi⟩
	voiced	b		⟨b⟩	d		⟨d⟩	/g/	[dʒ, dʑi~ɟʝi]	⟨g, dw, gyi⟩	/ɡʷ/	[dʑᶣi]	⟨gw, dwi⟩
Fricative	voiceless	f		⟨f⟩	s		⟨s⟩	/h/	[çi, x]	⟨h, hyi, c⟩	/hʷ/	[çᶣi]	⟨hw, hwi⟩
	voiced	v		⟨v⟩	z		⟨z⟩	/ɣ/	[ʝi]	⟨j, jyi⟩	/ɣʷ/	[ʝᶣi]	⟨jw, jwi⟩
Vibrant		ʙ		⟨x⟩	/r/	[ɾ, r, ɽ]	⟨r⟩
Approximant		ʋ		⟨ʋ⟩	/l/	[l, ɹ]	⟨l⟩	/j/	[j, ɰ]	⟨y, q⟩	/w/	[ɥi]	⟨w, wi⟩

Vowels

Orthog.	+ATR	−ATR
i	/i̘/ [i̘]
e	/e̘/ [e̘]	/i/ [ɪ~e]
ɛ		/e/ [ɛ]
a	[æ~ɐ]	/a/ [a]
ɔ		/o/ [ɔ]
o	/o̘/ [o̘]	/u/ [ʊ~o]
u	/u̘/ [u̘]

External links

• Akan language