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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.

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.

Villages

Abidji is spoken in these villages:

Writing system

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Abidji is written with a Latin alphabet, using the graphemes of the practical writing for the languages of the Ivory Coast. The letter upsilon ⟨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

Consonants

Vowels

All vowels except /e/ have contrastive nasal forms.

Tones

Abidji has phonemic tones, described as high /˦/ and low /˨/.

References

1. Abidji at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) [REDACTED]
2. Tresbarats, Chantal (April 1990). "Tone in Abidji morphology". Studies in African Linguistics. 21 (1): 107–143. doi:10.32473/sal.v21i1.107440.
3. Vick, Renée (1990), Le système aspecto-modal de l'abidji (in French), Abidjan: Institut de linguistique appliquée
4. Dumestre, Gérard (1971). Atlas linguistique de Côte-d'Ivoire : les langues de la région lagunaire (in French). Abidjan: Institut de Linguistique Appliquée.
5. ^ Moran, Steven; McCloy, Daniel (eds.). "Inventory Abidji (GM 1526)". PHOIBLE. 2.0. Retrieved 29 May 2022., citing Tresbarats, Chantal; Vick, Renée (1992). Esquisse linguistique de l'abidji (in French). Universite d'Abidjan. OCLC 43063085.

External links

• Abidji basic lexicon at the Global Lexicostatistical Database
• Listen to a sample of Abidji from Global Recordings Network
• World Atlas of Language Structures information on Abidji

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