ISO_639:abi

Abidji language

Abidji language

Kwa language spoken in Ivory Coast


Abidji (also known as Abiji and Ambidji) is a language of uncertain classification within the Kwa branch of the Niger–Congo family. It is spoken in the Ivory Coast.

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It has two dialects: "enyembe" and "ogbru". These dialects' names are used by the members of these Abidji-speaking ethnic groups to refer to themselves. The name Ambidji was given to the language by these groups' neighbors.[2]

Villages

Abidji is spoken in these villages:[3]

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Writing System

Abidji is written with a Latin alphabet, using the graphemes of the practical writing for the languages of the Ivory Coast. The letter upsilon Ʊ, ʊ › is often replaced with the V with hook Ʋ, ʋ ›.

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The nasal vowels are written with ‹ n › (‹ m › before ‹ p › and ‹ b ›) : ‹ an, en, ɛn, in, on, ɔn, un, ʊn ou ʋn, ɩn ›.

Phonology

Consonants

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Vowels

All vowels except /e/ have contrastive nasal forms.[4]

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Tones

Abidji has phonemic tones, described as high /˦/ and low /˨/.[4]


References

  1. Abidji at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. Renée Vick, Le système aspecto-modal de l’abidji, Abidjan, Institut de linguistique appliquée, 1990
  3. Dumestre, Gérard. 1971. Atlas linguistique de Côte-d'Ivoire : les langues de la région lagunaire. Abidjan : Institut de Linguistique Appliquée (ILA). 323 p.
  4. "Inventory Abidji (GM 1526)". PHOIBLE 2.0. Retrieved 29 May 2022.



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