Epie language
Epie (or Epie–Atịsa) ichi Ijaw ichei, ki abo Epie–Atisa aka efi Nigeria.
Phonology
[nwọ́che | nwó étéwn che]Ichi le che nami system kekele, compared to proto-Edoid, of eight vowels; these form two harmonic sets, Éwn malábó:IPA and Éwn malábó:IPA
phonemic nasal stop ki Epie che nei chi oka, Éwn malábó:IPA; Éwn malábó:IPA kpailọ kpai Éwn malábó:IPA, tèju alu ku ma dọ le chi anẹ ki álu ki a dufu le. (Éwn malábó:IPA, ma kno che nasalized efu uña ki dei: go Ichi Edo tódù ẹñwù ẹgọ-i.) The inventory is:[1]
References
[nwọ́che | nwó étéwn che]- ↑ Jeff Mielke, 2008. The emergence of distinctive features, p 136ff;
also found in Variation and gradience in phonetics and phonology, p 26ff
Further reading
[nwọ́che | nwó étéwn che]- Thomas, Elaine and Kay Williamson. 1967. "Wordlists of delta Edo: Epie, Engenni, Degema." In Occasional Papers 8, p. 105. Accra: Institute of African Studies, University of Ibadan.