Abidji (also known as ''Abiji'' and ''Ambidji'') is a language of uncertain classification within the
Kwa branch of the
Niger–Congo family. It is spoken in the
Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast, also known as Côte d'Ivoire, officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country on the southern coast of West Africa. Its capital is Yamoussoukro, in the centre of the country, while its largest city and economic centre is ...
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It has two dialects: "enyembe" and "ogbru". These dialects' names are used by the members of these Abidji-speaking ethnic groups to refer to themselves. The name Ambidji was given to the language by these groups' neighbors.
[Renée Vick, Le système aspecto-modal de l’abidji, Abidjan, Institut de linguistique appliquée, 1990]
Villages
Abidji is spoken in these villages:
[Dumestre, Gérard. 1971. ''Atlas linguistique de Côte-d'Ivoire : les langues de la région lagunaire''. Abidjan : Institut de Linguistique Appliquée (ILA). 323 p.]
Writing System
Abidji is written with a Latin alphabet, using the graphemes of
the practical writing for the languages of the Ivory Coast. The letter
upsilon
Upsilon (, ; uppercase Υ, lowercase υ; el, ''ýpsilon'' ) or ypsilon is the 20th letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals, grc, Υʹ, label=none has a value of 400. It is derived from the Phoenician waw .
Etym ...
‹ Ʊ, ʊ › is often replaced with the
V with hook ‹ Ʋ, ʋ ›.
The nasal vowels are written with ‹ n › (‹ m › before ‹ p › and ‹ b ›) : ‹ an, en, ɛn, in, on, ɔn, un, ʊn ou ʋn, ɩn ›.
Phonology
References
External links
Abidji basic lexicon at the Global Lexicostatistical DatabaseListen to a sample of Abidji from Global Recordings Network*
World Atlas of Language Structures
The World Atlas of Language Structures (WALS) is a database of structural (phonological, grammatical, lexical) properties of languages gathered from descriptive materials. It was first published by Oxford University Press as a book with CD-ROM i ...
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Abidji
Languages of Ivory Coast
Lagoon languages
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