Epie language
Volta–Niger language of Nigeria
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Epie (or Epie–Atịsa) is part of Delta Edoid languages spoken in Nigeria by the Epie–Atissa people.
NativetoNigeria
RegionBayelsa state
Native speakers
140,000 (2021)[1]| Epie | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Nigeria |
| Region | Bayelsa state |
Native speakers | 140,000 (2021)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | epi |
| Glottolog | epie1238 |
Phonology
The language has a partially reduced system, compared to proto-Edoid, of eight vowels; these form two harmonic sets, /i e a o u/ and /i ɛ a ɔ ʊ/.[2]
Epie has only one clearly phonemic nasal stop, /m/; [n] alternates with [l], depending on whether the following vowel is oral or nasal. (The other approximants, /j ɣ w/, are also nasalized in this position: see Edo language for a similar situation.) The inventory is:[3]
