Apro language
| Apro | |
|---|---|
| Aproumu | |
| Native to | Ivory Coast |
| Ethnicity | Aizi (Aproin) |
Native speakers | (6,500 cited 1999)[1] |
Niger–Congo?
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | ahp |
| Glottolog | apro1235 |
Apro, also known as Aproumu, is a language spoken by the Aizi people of Ébrié Lagoon in Ivory Coast. Once assumed to be a Kru language like the other two Aizi languages, subsequent investigation concluded it was Kwa[2][3] and then that it was unclassified within Volta–Congo[4]
Phonology
[edit]Consonants
[edit]The consonants of the Aproumu language are located in the chart below.[5]
| Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Post- | Palatal | Labial–velar | Velar | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | |||||||||||
| Plosive | p | b | t | d | c | ɟ | k͡p | ɡ͡b | k | g | |||||
| Implosive | ɓ | ||||||||||||||
| Fricative | f | v | s | z | ʃ | ʒ | |||||||||
| Approximant | Median | j | w | ||||||||||||
| Lateral | l | ||||||||||||||
Vowels
[edit]| Front | Near-front | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | u, ɯ̞ | |
| Near-close | ɪ | ||
| Close-mid | e | o | |
| Open-mid | ɛ | ʌ | |
| Open | a |
References
[edit]- ↑ Apro at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ↑ Douglas Boone, Silué Lamine, MaryAnne Augustin. "L'Utilisation du Français et de l'Adoukrou par les Aizi" (2002, Société Internationale de Linguistique, Côte d’Ivoire) online
- ↑ Ettien Koffi. Paradigm Shift in Language Planning and Policy: Game-Theoretic Solutions (2012, De Gruyter, pg. 152)
- ↑ Ahaté 2018
- ↑ "Phoible".
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