Abé | |
Region: | Ivory Coast |
Ethnicity: | Abbé |
Date: | 2017 |
Ref: | e25 |
Familycolor: | Niger-Congo |
Fam2: | Atlantic–Congo |
Fam3: | Kwa |
Script: | latin |
Iso3: | aba |
Glotto: | abee1242 |
Glottorefname: | Abe |
Abé (also spelled Abbé, Abbey, Abi) is a language of uncertain classification within the Kwa branch of the Niger–Congo family. It is spoken in Ivory Coast.
The dialects of Abé are Tioffo, Morie, Abbey-Ve, and Kos.
In 1995 there were estimated to be 170,000 speakers, primarily in the Department of Agboville.
Voiceless stops | p | t | c | k | kp | |
Voiced stops | b | d | ɟ | gb | ||
Voiceless fricatives | f | s | j | h | w | |
Voiced fricatives | v | ɣ | ||||
Nasals | m | n | ɲ | |||
Laterals | l | |||||
Trill | r |
High | i | ɪ | u | ʊ | ||
Mid | e | ɛ | o | ɔ | ||
Low | a |