Abidji language

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.^[2]

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Abidji
Abiji
Native to	Ivory Coast
Region	Lagunes District
Ethnicity	Abidji
Native speakers	85,000 (2017)^[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Kwa Abidji
Dialects	Enyembe Ogbru
Writing system	Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`abi`
Glottolog	`abid1235`

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.^[3]

Villages

Abidji is spoken in these villages:^[4]

More information Village Name, Native Name (IPA) ...

Village Name	Native Name (IPA)
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

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Writing system

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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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Abidji alphabet
Capital 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
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/	/c͡ç/	/d/	/e/	/ɛ/	/f/	/ɡ/	/ɡ͡b/	/ɟ͡ʝ/	/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⟩.

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Phonology

Consonants

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Abidji consonants^[5]
	Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Labial– velar	Glottal
Plosive	voiceless	p	t	c͡ç	k	k͡p	ʔ
voiced	b	d	ɟ͡ʝ	g	ɡ͡b
Nasal	m	n	ɲ
Fricative	f	s				h
Approximant		l	j		w
Trill		r

Vowels

All vowels except /e/ have contrastive nasal forms.^[5]

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Abidji vowels^[5]
	Front	Central	Back
Close	i		u
Near-close	ɪ		ʊ
Mid	e		o
Near-open			ɔ
Open		a

Tones

Abidji has phonemic tones, described as high /˦/ and low /˨/.^[5]

Villages

Writing system

Phonology

Consonants

Vowels

Tones

References

External links

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