Tiagba language

The Lélé language, Lélémrin, also known as Tiagba (Tiagbamrin) after its principal town, is a Kru language spoken by ethnic Aizi (Ahizi) on the shores of Ébrié Lagoon in Ivory Coast. It is not intelligible with Mobu, also spoken by Aizi at the lagoon.

Tiagba
Lélé
Ahizi
Native to	Ivory Coast
Ethnicity	Aizi (Prokpo)
Native speakers	(9,000 cited 1999)[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Kru Tiagba
Language codes
ISO 639-3	ahi
Glottolog	tiag1235

The Lele endonym for all Aizi is Prokpo for the people (or in Tiagba Krokpo), Prokpamrin for the language.^[2][3]

Phonology

Consonants

The consonant phonemes are located in the chart below.^[4]

		Bilabial		Labiodental		Alveolar		Post- alveolar		Palatal		Labial–velar		Velar
Nasal			m				n			ɲ					ŋ
Plosive		p	b			t	d			c	ɟ	k͡p	ɡ͡b	k	g
Implosive			ɓ
Fricative				f	v	s	z	ʃ	ʒ
Approximant	Central										j	w
	Lateral						l

Vowels

	Front	Near-front	Near-back	Back
Close	i
Near-close		ɪ	ʊ
Close-mid	e			o
Open-mid	ɛ			ɔ
Open	a