Avikam language

Avikam is one of the Lagoon languages of Ivory Coast, spoken in Grand Lahou Département, Avikam Canton, South Department. It is a Kwa language, closely related to Alladian, but other than that its position is unclear.

Avikam
Native to	Ivory Coast
Region	Grand Lahou
Native speakers	(21,000 cited 1993)[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Kwa Avikam–Alladian Avikam
Language codes
ISO 639-3	avi
Glottolog	avik1243

Phonology

Above is the consonant chart and below is the vowel chart.

	Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	labiovelars
Nasal	[m]	[n]	[ɲ]	[ŋ]
Plosive	p  b	t  d	C ɟ	k  ɡ	kp gb
Sonorants	ɓ	l	J	Y	w
Fricative	f  v	s  z	[ʒ]

	+ATR		-ATR				+ATR		-ATR
	oral	nas.	oral	nas.	oral	nas.	oral	nas.	oral	nas
High	i	ĩ	ɪ				u	ũ	ʊ
Mid	e		ɛ	ɛ̃			o		ɔ	ɔ̃
Low					a	ã