Abidji language
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Abidji | |
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Native to | Ivory Coast |
Ethnicity | Abidji |
Native speakers | 85,000 (2017)[1] |
Niger–Congo?
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | abi |
Glottolog | abid1235 |
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.
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]
Village Name | Native Name (IPA) |
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Soukoukro | sukwebi |
Badasso | gbadatɛ |
Elibou | elibu |
Sahuyé | sayjɛ |
gomon | goma |
Yaobou | jawebi; joabu ;djabõ ; nadja côtôcô ; Amougbroussandou |
Sikensi | sikãsi |
Bécédi | besedi |
Brafoueby | brafwebi |
Bakanou A, B | gbakamɔ̃ |
Katadji | kalaɟi |
Abiéhou | abjeu |
Akakro | akabi |
Ahimangbo | emãgbo |
Akoungou | akpũmbu |
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 ›.
Capital letters | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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A | B | C | D | E | Ɛ | F | G | Gb | J | I | Ɩ | K | Kp | L | M | N | Ny | O | Ɔ | P | R | S | T | U | Ʊ / Ʋ | W | Y | ʔ |
Lowercase letters | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
a | b | c | d | e | ɛ | f | g | gb | j | i | ɩ | k | kp | l | m | n | ny | o | ɔ | p | r | s | t | u | ʊ / ʋ | w | y | ʔ |
Phonetics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
/a/ | /b/ | /tc/ | /d/ | /e/ | /ɛ/ | /f/ | /ɡ/ | /ɡ͡b/ | /dɟ/ | /i/ | /ɪ/ | /k/ | /k͡p/ | /l/ | /m/ | /n/ | /ɲ/ | /o/ | /ɔ/ | /p/ | /r/ | /s/ | /t/ | /u/ | /ʊ/ | /w/ | /j/ | /ʔ/ |
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
Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Labial–velar | Glottal | |
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Plosive | p b | t d | cç ɟʝ | k ɡ | k͡p ɡ͡b | ʔ |
Nasal | m | n | ɲ | |||
Fricative | f | s | h | |||
Approximant | l | j | w | |||
Trill | r |
Vowels
All vowels except /e/ have contrastive nasal forms.[4]
Front | Central | Back | |
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Close | i ɪ | u ʊ | |
Mid | e | o ɔ | |
Open | a |
Tones
Abidji has phonemic tones, described as high /˦/ and low /˨/.[4]
References
- ^ Abidji at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ Renée Vick, Le système aspecto-modal de l’abidji, Abidjan, Institut de linguistique appliquée, 1990
- ^ Dumestre, Gérard. 1971. Atlas linguistique de Côte-d'Ivoire : les langues de la région lagunaire. Abidjan : Institut de Linguistique Appliquée (ILA). 323 p.
- ^ a b c d "Inventory Abidji (GM 1526)". PHOIBLE 2.0. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
External links
- Abidji basic lexicon at the Global Lexicostatistical Database
- Listen to a sample of Abidji from Global Recordings Network
- World Atlas of Language Structures information on Abidji