Ekpeye language
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| Ekpeye | |
|---|---|
| ẹkpeye[1] | |
| Native to | Nigeria |
| Region | Rivers State |
| Ethnicity | Ekpeye people |
Native speakers | 226,000[citation needed][2] |
Niger–Congo?
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | ekp |
| Glottolog | ekpe1253 |
Ekpeye language is one of the languages spoken in Rivers State, Nigeria. It is spoken predominantly by the Ekpeye people of the Ekpeye ethnic group in Nigeria. According to Roger Blench, Ekpeye is classified as an Igboid language.[3]
Writing system
[edit]| a | b | bh | ch | d | dh | e | ẹ | g | gb | gw | h | i | ị | j | k | kp | kw |
| l | m | n | nw | ny | o | ọ | p | s | sh | t | u | ụ | w | wh | y | z | zh |
Phonology
[edit]Vowels
[edit]Ekpeye has nine vowel phonemes:
| Front | Back | |
|---|---|---|
| Close | i | u |
| Near-close | ɪ | ʊ |
| Close-mid | e | o |
| Open-mid | ɛ | ɔ |
| Open | a | |
The language has no long nasal vowels, no contrast between oral and nasal vowels, and no allophonic variants. The vowels carry tones, as Ekpeye is a tonal language. Ekpeye exhibits active synchronic vowel harmony.[1]
Distribution
[edit]References
[edit]- 1 2 3 Ngulube, Isaac (2011). "Ekpeye Orthography". Orthographies of Nigerian Languages. IX. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
- ↑ Ekpeye at Ethnologue (21st ed., 2018)
- ↑ Blench, R. (2013). "A dictionary of Ekpeye : an Igboid language of Southern Nigeria" (PDF). Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
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