Anyin, also known asAgni,Agny, andAnyi, is aNiger-Congo language spoken mainly inCôte d'Ivoire andGhana. It is aKwa language of theCentral Tano branch, forming adialect continuum withBaoulé, and is closely related toNzema andSehwi.^[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]

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]

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

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]

Anyin uses the following pronouns:^[6]

• Baoulé language
• Nzema language
• Sehwi language

• PanAfriL10n page on Anyi & Baule

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