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
A vowel followed by
indicates nasalisation
In phonetics, nasalization (or nasalisation) is the production of a sound while the velum is lowered, so that some air escapes through the nose during the production of the sound by the mouth. An archetypal nasal sound is .
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Tones are indicated with a diacritic before or after the syllable :
References
Languages of Ivory Coast
Lagoon languages
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