Attié language
Kwa language spoken in Ivory Coast
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Attié (Akie, Akye, Atche, Atie, Atshe) is a language of uncertain classification within the Kwa branch of the Niger–Congo family. It is spoken by perhaps half a million people in Ivory Coast.
| Attié | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Ivory Coast |
| Ethnicity | Attie people |
Native speakers | 642,000 (2017)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | ati |
| Glottolog | atti1239 |
Phonology
Consonants
- /z/ may also be heard as an affricate [d͡z] in free variation among speakers.
- /l/ may also be heard as [r] when following consonants.
- Nasal sounds [n, ɲ, ŋ~ŋw] only occur as a result of sounds /l, j, w/ occurring in nasal positions when preceding or following nasal vowels.
- /h/ in nasal positions occurs as [h̃].
- /w/ may be realized as labio-palatal [ɥ] when occurring after palatal sounds /t͡ʃ, d͡ʒ, ɟ/.[2]
Vowels
Sounds /ɨ, ə/ are phonetically heard as [ɨ̞, ɘ] or [ə̞, ɜ].
Writing system
| a | an | b | c | d | dzh | e | ë | ën | ɛ |
| ɛn | f | g | gb | h | i | in | j | k | kp |
| l | m | n | o | ö | ɔ | ɔn | p | r | s |
| sh | t | ts | tsh | u | un | v | w | y | z |
A vowel followed by <n> indicates nasalisation.
Tones are indicated with a diacritic before or after the syllable :
