Abure language

Abure (Aboulé), also known as Abonwa or Akaplass, is a Tano language (Kwa, Niger–Congo) spoken near Abidjan in Ivory Coast.

Abure
Native to	Ivory Coast
Native speakers	93,000 (2017)[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Kwa Potou–Tano Tano West Abure
Language codes
ISO 639-3	abu
Glottolog	abur1243
Abure
Coordinates: 5°13′0″N 3°38′0″W

Phonology

Abure consonants^[2]

	Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Labiovelar	Glottal
Plosive	p b	t d	c ɟ	k	kp gb
Nasal	m	n	ɲ	ŋ
Fricative	f v	s				h
Approximant			j
Lateral		l			w

Abure vowels^[2]

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i ĩ		u ũ
Near-close	ɪ ɪ̃		ʊ ʊ̃
Close-mid	e		o
Open-mid	ɛ		ɔ
Open		a ã

There are four tones: high, low, rising, and falling.