Ekpeye language

Ekpeye chi ichi ichi ka efi ami ichi ku ma ka Rivers State, Nigeria. Roger Blench, ka kini Ekpeye che defu ichi Igboid.^[1] Ichi Ekpeye chi ojoji nwi ami ichi Igboid language .^[2] Ami ichi Ogba kpai Ikwerre che meri Ekpeye.

Alu ku ma ko

Ekpeye alphabet^[3]
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

Vowels

Ekpeye has nine vowel phonemes:

Vowels of Ekpeye
	Front	Back
Close	Éwn malábó:IPA link	Éwn malábó:IPA link
Near-close	Éwn malábó:IPA link	Éwn malábó:IPA link
Close-mid	Éwn malábó:IPA link	Éwn malábó:IPA link
Open-mid	Éwn malábó:IPA link	Éwn malábó:IPA link
Open	Éwn malábó:IPA link

ichi Ekpeye ni nasal vowels ki jiji dun, i ni oral contrast kpai nasal vowels, manyi i ni allophonic variants dun.^[3]

Ugbo ki Ichi Ekpeye de

Rivers State: Ahoada East, Ahoada West, Ogba–Egbema–Ndoni LGAs.
Imo State: Ohaji/Egbema LGA

References

↑ Blench, R. (2013). "A dictionary of Ekpeye : an Igboid language of Southern Nigeria" (PDF). Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
↑ Blench, Roger. "A reconstruction of the phonology of proto-Igboid".
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Ngulube, Isaac (2011). "Ekpeye Orthography". Orthographies of Nigerian Languages. IX. Retrieved 19 December 2023.

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[1] Blench, R. (2013). "A dictionary of Ekpeye : an Igboid language of Southern Nigeria" (PDF). Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.

[Blench-2] Blench, Roger. "A reconstruction of the phonology of proto-Igboid".

[Ngulube-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Ngulube, Isaac (2011). "Ekpeye Orthography". Orthographies of Nigerian Languages. IX. Retrieved 19 December 2023.

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