Apro language
| Apro | |
|---|---|
| Aproumu | |
| Native to | Ivory Coast |
| Ethnicity | Aizi (Aproin) |
Native speakers | (6,500 cited 1999) |
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 and then that it was unclassified within Volta–Congo
Phonology
Consonants
The consonants of the Aproumu language are located in the chart below.
| 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
| Front | Near-front | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | u, ɯ̞ | |
| Near-close | ɪ | ||
| Close-mid | e | o | |
| Open-mid | ɛ | ʌ | |
| Open | a |
References
- ↑ 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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