Attié language

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.

Phonology

Consonants

• /z/ may also be heard as an affricate [dÍ¡z] 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 [É¥] when occurring after palatal sounds /t͡ʃ, d͡ʒ, ɟ/.

Vowels

Sounds /ɨ, ə/ are phonetically heard as [ɨ̞, ɘ] or [ə̞, ɜ].

Writing system

A vowel followed by <n> indicates nasalisation.

Tones are indicated with a diacritic before or after the syllable :

References

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