Avikam is one of the Lagoon languages of Ivory Coast, spoken in Grand Lahou Département, Avikam Canton, South Department. It is a Kwa language, closely related to Alladian, but other than that its position is unclear.
| Avikam | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Ivory Coast |
| Region | Grand Lahou |
Native speakers | (21,000 cited 1993)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | avi |
| Glottolog | avik1243 |
Phonology edit
Above is the consonant chart and below is the vowel chart.
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | labiovelars | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | [m] | [n] | [ɲ] | [ŋ] | |
| Plosive | p b | t d | C ɟ | k ɡ | kp gb |
| Sonorants | ɓ | l | J | Y | w |
| Fricative | f v | s z | [ʒ] |
| +ATR | -ATR | +ATR | -ATR | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| oral | nas. | oral | nas. | oral | nas. | oral | nas. | oral | nas | |
| High | i | ĩ | ɪ | u | ũ | ʊ | ||||
| Mid | e | ɛ | ɛ̃ | o | ɔ | ɔ̃ | ||||
| Low | a | ã | ||||||||
References edit
- ^ Avikam at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Sources edit
- Ahoua, F. (2009-01-01). "The Phonology-Syntax Interface in Avikam". Legon Journal of the Humanities. 20: 123–149. ISSN 2458-746X.
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