Avikam | |
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Native to | Ivory Coast |
Region | Grand Lahou |
Native speakers | (21,000 cited 1993)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | avi |
Glottolog | avik1243 |
Avikam is one of the Lagoon languagesofIvory Coast, spoken in Grand Lahou Département, Avikam Canton, South Department. It is a Kwa language, closely related to Alladian, but other than that its position is unclear.
Above is the consonant chart and below is the vowel chart.
Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | labiovelars | |
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Nasal | [m] | [n] | [ɲ] | [ŋ] | |
Plosive | p b | t d | C ɟ | k ɡ | kp gb |
Sonorants | ɓ | l | J | Y | w |
Fricative | f v | s z | [ʒ] |
+ATR | -ATR | +ATR | -ATR | |||||||
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oral | nas. | oral | nas. | oral | nas. | oral | nas. | oral | nas | |
High | i | ĩ | ɪ | u | ũ | ʊ | ||||
Mid | e | ɛ | ɛ̃ | o | ɔ | ɔ̃ | ||||
Low | a | ã |
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Potou–Tano |
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Ghana–Togo |
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Ga–Dangme |
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Lagoon |
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