ABSTRACT
In addition to this, some of the Central Comoe (Tano) languages also have another type of Vowel Harmony in which only vowels that are rounded or only vowels that are unrounded can occur in certain affixes. This is termed labial harmony (Aoki, 1968) and in this group it occurs in Nzema-Anyi-Baule and in the Fante dialect of Akan. Labial harmony in these dialects is more evident in certain verbal prefixes and in the 1st and 3rd (Fante) person singular possessive 'pronouns'. As can be seen in the following examples the advanced/ unadvanced harmony also applies.
