Abure (Aboulé), also known as Abonwa or Akaplass, is a Tano language (Kwa, Niger–Congo) spoken near Abidjan in Ivory Coast.
| Abure | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Ivory Coast |
Native speakers | 93,000 (2017)[1] |
Niger–Congo?
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | abu |
| Glottolog | abur1243 |
  Abure | |
| Coordinates: 5°13′0″N 3°38′0″W / 5.21667°N 3.63333°W | |
Phonology
edit| Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | Labiovelar | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | p b | t d | c ɟ | k | kp gb | ||
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | |||
| Fricative | f v | s | h | ||||
| Approximant | j | ||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | w |
| Front | Near-front | Near-back | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i ĩ | u ũ | ||
| Near-close | ɪ ɪ̃ | ʊ ʊ̃ | ||
| Close-mid | e | o | ||
| Open-mid | ɛ | ɔ | ||
| Open | a ã |
There are four tones: high, low, rising, and falling.
References
edit- ^ Abure at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ a b Gauthier, B. (1971). Analyse phonologique de l'abouré. Universite d'abidjan.
External links
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