Attié language explained

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.

Writing system

Attié Alphabet
a an b c ddzh e ë ën ɛ
ɛn f g gb hi in j k kp
l m n o öɔ ɔn p r s
sh t ts tsh uun v w y z

A vowel followed by indicates nasalisation.

Tones are indicated with a diacritic before or after the syllable :

Tone notation
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

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