Ehuẹun (Ekpimi) is an
Edoid language
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of
Ondo State
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,
Nigeria
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. It is sometimes considered the same language as
Ukue.
Phonology
Ehuẹun has a rather reduced system, compared to proto-Edoid, of seven vowels; these form two harmonic sets, and .
The language arguably has no phonemic nasal stops; alternate with , depending on whether the following vowel is oral or nasal. The inventory is:
The two
rhotics
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have been described as voiced and voiceless trills. However, Ladefoged
found both to be approximants, with the pair being
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Background
Heavily inspired by her Midwestern upbringing in Iow ...
(without being fricatives) but not trills.
References
Edoid languages
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