Alladian language
| Alladian | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Ivory Coast |
Native speakers | (23,000 cited 1993)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | ald |
| Glottolog | alla1248 |
Alladian (Alladyan, Allagia, Allagian) is one of the Lagoon languages of Ivory Coast. It is a Kwa language, closely related to Avikam, but otherwise its position is unclear.
Phonology
Consonants
The consonants of the Alladian language are shown in the chart below.[2][3]
| Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Post- | Labial–palatal | Palatal | Labial–velar | Velar | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | |||||||||||||
| Plosive | p | b | t | d | c | ɟ | k͡p | ɡ͡b | k | g | ||||||
| Affricate | ||||||||||||||||
| Fricative | f | v | s | z | ʃ | ʒ | ||||||||||
| Approximant | Central | ɥ | j | w | ||||||||||||
| Lateral | l | |||||||||||||||
The consonant sound /l/ has two allophones; /r/ and /ɾ/.
Vowels
| Front | Near-front | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | u | |
| Near-close | ɪ | ||
| Close-mid | e, ẽ | o, õ | |
| Open-mid | ɛ, ɛ̃ | ɔ, ɔ̃ | |
| Open | a, ã |
Tones
There are two tones. High tone and low tone.
References