Ehueun language

Ehuẹun (Ekpimi) is an Edoid language of Ondo State, Nigeria. It is sometimes considered the same language as Ukue.

Ehuẹun
Native to	Nigeria
Region	Ondo State
Native speakers	(14,000 cited 2000)[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Volta–Niger yeai Edoid Northwestern Osse River Ehuẹun
Language codes
ISO 639-3	ehu
Glottolog	ehue1238

Phonology

Ehuẹun has a rather reduced system, compared to proto-Edoid, of seven vowels; these form two harmonic sets, /i e a o u/ and /i ɛ a ɔ u/.^[2]

The language arguably has no phonemic nasal stops; [m, n] alternate with [β, l], depending on whether the following vowel is oral or nasal. The inventory is:^[3]

	Bilabial	Labiodental	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Labio-velar	Glottal
Plosive	b		t  d		k  ɡ	k͡p  ɡ͡b
Fricative	ɸ  β [m]	f  v	s  z				h
Rhotic			r̝  r
Approximant		ʋ	l [n]	j		w

The two rhotics have been described as voiced and voiceless trills. However, Ladefoged^{[4][page needed]} found both to be approximants, with the pair being raised (without being fricatives) but not trills.