Alphabets of Africa

GHANA

PHONEMES AND ORTHOGRAPHIC SYMBOLS

AKAN (K\VA)

/p/

P

/b/

b

/t/

t

/d/

d

/k/

k

/g/

9

/kw/

kw

/i/

i

/I/

e

/e/

e

/e/

E

Iml
In!

/5/

Iff

f

/s/

s

/r/

r

n/

1

N

h

M

w

lyl

y

/u/

u

hi

lol

hi

/a/ a

Palatalization: ky, gy, ny, hy

Labial-palatalization: tw, dw, nw, hw

EXAMPLES

saw

bu

da

gye

sew

fi

gow

hu

sie

kD

bre

mba

nim

ngo

sow

petu

fr£

nsuo

to

gua

ewo

yi

* Asante only

to dance

to break

day

to receive

to spread out

to go out

to be soft

to see

to hide

to go

lorry

children

to know

palm oil

to catch

to pretend

to visit

water

to buy

market

honey

to remove

ALPHABET

abde£fghiklmno3prstuwy

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Alphabets of Afrtea

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Published by UNESCO Regional Office in Dakar (D1<£DA)
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Rhonda L. Hartell isbn : 92-9091-020-3 © unesco 1993

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