Adjukru language

Adjukru
Adioukrou
Mↄjukru
Native toIvory Coast
Native speakers
160,000 (2021)[1]
Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3adj
Glottologadio1239

Adjukru (Adioukrou, Adyoukrou, Adyukru, Ajukru) is a language spoken in Ivory Coast by the Adjoukrou people. It has an uncertain classification within the Kwa branch of the Niger–Congo family.

Phonology

Consonants

The consonant phonemes are located in the chart below.[2][3]

Bilabial Labiodental Alveolar Post-

alveolar

Palatal Labial–velar Velar Glottal
Nasal m n ɲ ŋ
Plosive p b t d k͡p ɡ͡b k g
Affricate d͡z t̠ʃ d̠ʒ
Fricative f s h
Trill r
Approximant Central j w
Lateral l

Vowels

Front Back
Close i u
Close-mid e o
Open-mid ɛ ɔ
Open a

Tones

There are five tones in Adjukru. /˦/ is high tone, /˨/ is low tone,/˦˨/ is falling tone, /˧/ is middle tone, and /˨˦/ is rising tone.

See also


References

  1. ^ Adjukru at Ethnologue (26th ed., 2023) Closed access icon
  2. ^ "Phoible".
  3. ^ "Phoible".