Abidji language

Abidji is spoken in these villages:^[4]

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⟩.

The nasal vowels are written with ⟨n⟩ (⟨m⟩ before ⟨p⟩ and ⟨b⟩): ⟨an, en, ɛn, in, on, ɔn, un, ʊn ou ʋn, ɩn⟩.

The language's most distinct grammatical aspect is its verbal system, which is highly structured. Abidji contains 4 verb groups which are distinguished by their combination of tonal and syllabic arrangements.

The first group contains verbs with a monosyllabic root which cannot accommodate modulated tones (e.g. mɩkan: "I say" (L - H))

The second group contains verbs with a monosyllabic root which can carry a modulated tone (e.g. mɩkan: "I have" (L - HL))

The third group contains verbs with a polysyllabic root in which each syllable can only carry a singular tone (e.g. mubutu: "I ask" (L - H - L))

The fourth group only contains 5 exceptionally common verbs ("to go"; "to come"; "to eat"; "to die"; and "to fight") for which the verbal root alternates between a sequence of h followed by a vowel ('hi'), a sequence of two vowels ('ie'), and a sequence of ʔ followed by three vowels, based upon the conjugation of the verb in a given aspect/tense (e.g. mehi: "I come"; mie: "I came"; ʔieu: "to come" (infinitive))

Lexical differences between the enyembe et ogbru dialects:^[4]