Attié | |
States: | Ivory Coast |
Ethnicity: | Attie people |
Speakers: | 642,000 |
Date: | 2017 |
Ref: | e25 |
Familycolor: | Niger-Congo |
Fam2: | Atlantic–Congo |
Fam3: | Volta–Congo |
Fam4: | Kwa |
Iso3: | ati |
Glotto: | atti1239 |
Glottorefname: | Attie |
Attié (Akie, Akye, Atche, Atie, Atshe) is a language of uncertain classification within the Kwa branch of the Niger–Congo family. It is spoken by perhaps half a million people in Ivory Coast.
a | an | b | c | d | dzh | e | ë | ën | ɛ | |
ɛn | f | g | gb | h | i | in | j | k | kp | |
l | m | n | o | ö | ɔ | ɔn | p | r | s | |
sh | t | ts | tsh | u | un | v | w | y | z |
A vowel followed by
Tones are indicated with a diacritic before or after the syllable :
Tone | Sign | Writing | Example | Translation | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Low | hyphen before syllable | ˗ | ˗ka | thing | |
Mid | nothing | ∅ | wu | acheke | |
High | apostrophe | ʼ | ’mi | mouth | |
Very high | double apostrophe | ˮ | ˮvin | children | |
Falling | hyphen after syllable | ˗ | be˗ | pestle |