Attié language
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| Attié | |
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| Native to | Ivory Coast |
| Ethnicity | Attie people |
Native speakers | 642,000 (2017)[1] |
| 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)
- ^ 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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