| Abure | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Ivory Coast |
Native speakers | 93,000 (2017)1 |
Niger–Congo?
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | abu |
| Glottolog | abur1243 |
Abure | |
| Coordinates: 5°13′0″N 3°38′0″W / 5.21667°N 3.63333°W / 5.21667; -3.63333 | |
Abure (Aboulé), also known as Abonwa or Akaplass, is a Tano language (Kwa, Niger–Congo) spoken near Abidjan in Ivory Coast.
Phonology
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Labiovelar | Glottal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | p b | t d | c ɟ | k | kp gb | |
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | ||
| Fricative | f v | s | h | |||
| Approximant | j | |||||
| Lateral | l | w |
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i ĩ | u ũ | |
| Near-close | ɪ ɪ̃ | ʊ ʊ̃ | |
| Close-mid | e | o | |
| Open-mid | ɛ | ɔ | |
| Open | a ã |
There are four tones: high, low, rising, and falling.
References
References
- Abure at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- Burmeister, Jonathan L. (1983). L'Abouré. In Hérault, Georges (ed.), Atlas des langues kwa de Cote d'Ivoire: Abidjan & Paris: Institut de Linguistique Appliquée (ILA); Agence de Coopération Culturelle et Technique (ACCT). pp. 67–81.