Okpe language (Southwestern Edo): Difference between revisions

Okpe
Okpe
Native to	Nigeria
Region	Delta State
Ethnicity	Urhobo
Native speakers	25,000 (2000)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Volta–Niger yeai Edoid Southwestern Okpe; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	oke – inclusive code; Individual code:; ids – Idesa
Glottolog	okpe1250

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Okpe is an Edoid language of Nigeria spoken by the Urhobo people.

Phonology[edit]

The sound system is rather conservative, and nearly the same as that of Urhobo. The vowels system is the same, and somewhat reduced compared to proto-Edoid: there are seven vowels, /i e ɛ a ɔ o u/.^[2] Of the consonants, only significant differences are the addition of /ɣʷ/ and of the distinction between l vs n and y vs ny: these alternate, depending on whether the following vowel is oral or nasal. /ɾ, ʋ, w/ also have nasal allophones before nasal vowels.

	Labial	Labiodental	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Labio-velar	Glottal
Nasal	m		l [n]	j [ɲ]
Plosive	p b		t d	c ɟ	k ɡ	k͡p ɡ͡b
Fricative	ɸ	f v	s z	ɕ ʑ	ɣ	ɣʷ	h
Trill			r
Flap			ɾ
Approximant		ʋ	l [n]	j [ɲ]		w

References[edit]

^ Okpe at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Idesa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ Archangeli & Pulleyblank, 1994. Grounded phonology, p 181ff

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[e18-1] Okpe at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Idesa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[2] Archangeli & Pulleyblank, 1994. Grounded phonology, p 181ff

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 |name=Okpe
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 '''Okpe''' is an [[Edoid language]] of [[Nigeria]] spoken by the [[Urhobo people]].
 ==Phonology==
-The sound system is rather conservative, and nearly the same as that of [[Urhobo language|Urhobo]]. The vowels system is the same, and somewhat reduced compared to proto-Edoid: there are seven vowels, {{IPA|/i e ɛ a ɔ o u/}}.<ref>Archangeli & Pulleyblank, 1994. ''Grounded phonology'', p 181''ff''</ref> Of the consonants, only significant differences are the addition of {{IPA|/ɣʷ/}} and of the distinction between ''l'' vs ''n'' and ''y'' vs ''ny'': these alternate, depending on whether the following vowel is oral or nasal. {{IPA|/ɾ, ʋ, w/}} also have nasal allophones before nasal vowels.
+The sound system is rather conservative, and nearly the same as that of [[Urhobo language|Urhobo]]. The vowels system is the same, and somewhat reduced compared to proto-Edoid: there are seven vowels, {{IPA|/i e ɛ a ɔ o u/}}.<ref>Archangeli & Pulleyblank, 1994. ''Grounded phonology'', p 181''ff''</ref> Of the [[Consonant|consonants]], only significant differences are the addition of {{IPA|/ɣʷ/}} and of the distinction between ''l'' vs ''n'' and ''y'' vs ''ny'': these alternate, depending on whether the following vowel is oral or nasal. {{IPA|/ɾ, ʋ, w/}} also have nasal [[Allophone|allophones]] before nasal vowels.
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