Attié language
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Kwa language spoken in Ivory Coast
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| Attié | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Ivory Coast |
| Ethnicity | Attie people |
Native speakers | 642,000 (2017)[1] |
Niger–Congo?
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | ati |
| Glottolog | atti1239 |
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.
Writing system
[edit ] 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 :
| Tone | Sign | Writing | Example | Translation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low | hyphen before syllable | ˗ | ˗ka | thing |
| Mid | nothing | ∅ | wu | acheke |
| High | apostrophe | ʼ | ’mi | mouth |
| Very high | double apostrophe | ˮ | ˮvin | children |
| Falling | hyphen after syllable | ˗ | be˗ | pestle |
References
[edit ]- ^ Attié at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
- ^ Hood, Kouachi & Lojenga 1984, p. 5-6.
- ^ Hood, Kouachi & Lojenga 1984, p. 6.
Works cited
[edit ]- Hood, Elizabeth; Kouachi, Acho Jacob; Lojenga, Constance Kutsch (1984). Attié, dialecte naindin. Abidjan: Les Nouvelles éditions africaines. ISBN 978-2-7236-0680-6.
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