| Adjukru | |
|---|---|
| Adioukrou | |
| Mↄjukru | |
| Native to | Ivory Coast |
Native speakers | 160,000 (2021)1 |
Niger–Congo?
| |
| Latin | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | adj |
| Glottolog | adio1239 |
Adjukru (Adioukrou, Adyoukrou, Adyukru, Ajukru) is a language spoken in Ivory Coast by the Adjoukrou people. It has an uncertain classification within the Kwa branch of the Niger–Congo family.
Phonology
Consonants
The consonant phonemes are located in the chart below.23
| Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Post- | Palatal | Labial–velar | Velar | Glottal | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | |||||||||||||
| Plosive | p | b | t | d | k͡p | ɡ͡b | k | g | |||||||||
| Affricate | d͡z | t̠ʃ | d̠ʒ | ||||||||||||||
| Fricative | f | s | h | ||||||||||||||
| Trill | r | ||||||||||||||||
| Approximant | Median | j | w | ||||||||||||||
| Lateral | l | ||||||||||||||||
Vowels
| Front | Back | |
|---|---|---|
| Close | i | u |
| Close-mid | e | o |
| Open-mid | ɛ | ɔ |
| Open | a |
Tones
There are five tones in Adjukru. /˦/ is high tone, /˨/ is low tone,/˦˨/ is falling tone, /˧/ is middle tone, and /˨˦/ is rising tone.
