Adjukru language
{{short description|Ivoirian language}}
{{Infobox language
|name=Adjukru
|altname=Adioukrou
|nativename=Mↄjukru
|states=Ivory Coast
|speakers={{sigfig|159,000|2}}
|date=2021
|ref=e26
|script=Latin
|familycolor=Niger-Congo
|fam2=Atlantic–Congo
|fam3=Kwa
|iso3=adj
|glotto=adio1239
|glottorefname=Adioukrou
}}
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.{{Cite web |title=Phoible |url=https://phoible.org/inventories/view/650}}{{Cite web |title=Phoible |url=https://phoible.org/inventories/view/1527}}
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! colspan="2" | ! colspan="2" |Bilabial ! colspan="2" |Labiodental ! colspan="2" |Alveolar ! colspan="2" |Post- ! colspan="2" |Palatal ! colspan="2" |Labial–velar ! colspan="2" |Velar ! colspan="2" |Glottal |
| colspan="2" |Nasal
| style="border-right: 0;" | | style="border-left: 0;" |m | colspan="2" | | style="border-right: 0;" | | style="border-left: 0;" |n | colspan="2" | | colspan="2" |ɲ | | | style="border-right: 0;" | | style="border-left: 0;" |ŋ | colspan="2" | |
|---|
| colspan="2" |Plosive
| style="border-right: 0;" |p | style="border-left: 0;" |b | colspan="2" | | style="border-right: 0;" |t | style="border-left: 0;" |d | style="border-right: 0;" | | style="border-left: 0;" | | colspan="2" | |k͡p |ɡ͡b | style="border-right: 0;" |k | style="border-left: 0;" |g | style="border-right: 0;" | | style="border-left: 0;" | |
| colspan="2" |Affricate
| style="border-right: 0;" | | style="border-left: 0;" | | colspan="2" | | colspan="2" |d͡z | style="border-right: 0;" |t̠ʃ | style="border-left: 0;" |d̠ʒ | colspan="2" | | | | style="border-right: 0;" | | style="border-left: 0;" | | colspan="2" | |
| colspan="2" |Fricative
| colspan="2" | | style="border-right: 0;" |f | style="border-left: 0;" | | style="border-right: 0;" |s | style="border-left: 0;" | | style="border-right: 0;" | | style="border-left: 0;" | | colspan="2" | | | | style="border-right: 0;" | | style="border-left: 0;" | | style="border-right: 0;" |h | style="border-left: 0;" | |
| colspan="2" |Trill
| | | | | |r | | | | | | | | | | |
| rowspan="2" |Approximant
| colspan="2" | | colspan="2" | | colspan="2" | | style="border-right: 0;" | | style="border-left: 0;" | | style="border-right: 0;" | | style="border-left: 0;" |j | |w | style="border-right: 0;" | | style="border-left: 0;" | | colspan="2" | |
| Lateral
| colspan="2" | | colspan="2" | | style="border-right: 0;" | | style="border-left: 0;" |l | colspan="2" | | colspan="2" | | | | colspan="2" | | colspan="2" | |
= Vowels =
= 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
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{{Languages of Ivory Coast}}
{{Kwa languages}}
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Category:Languages of Ivory Coast
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