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Abidji (also known as Abiji and Ambidji) is a language of uncertain classification within the Kwa branch of the Niger–Congo family. It is spoken in the Ivory Coast.

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Abidji
Native to	Ivory Coast
Ethnicity	Abidji
Native speakers	(51,000 cited 1993)[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Kwa Abidji
Language codes
ISO 639-3	abi
Glottolog	abid1235

It has two dialects: "enyembe" and "ogbru". These dialects' names are used by the members of these Abidji-speaking ethnic groups to refer to themselves. The name Ambidji was given to the language by these groups' neighbors.[2]

Villages

Abidji is spoken in these villages:[3]

Village Name	Native Name (IPA)
Soukoukro	sukwebi
Badasso	gbadatɛ
Elibou	elibu
Sahuyé	sayjɛ
gomon	goma
Yaobou	jawebi; joabu ;djabõ ; nadja côtôcô ; Amougbroussandou
Sikensi	sikãsi
Bécédi	besedi
Brafoueby	brafwebi
Bakanou A, B	gbakamɔ̃
Katadji	kalaɟi
Abiéhou	abjeu
Akakro	akabi
Ahimangbo	emãgbo
Akoungou	akpũmbu

Writing System

Abidji is written with a Latin alphabet, using the graphemes of the practical writing for the languages of the Ivory Coast. The letter upsilon ‹ Ʊ, ʊ › is often replaced with the V with hook ‹ Ʋ, ʋ ›.

Abidji alphabet

Capital letters
A	B	C	D	E	Ɛ	F	G	Gb	J	I	Ɩ	K	Kp	L	M	N	Ny	O	Ɔ	P	R	S	T	U	Ʊ / Ʋ	W	Y	ʔ
Lowercase letters
a	b	c	d	e	ɛ	f	g	gb	j	i	ɩ	k	kp	l	m	n	ny	o	ɔ	p	r	s	t	u	ʊ / ʋ	w	y	ʔ
Phonetics
/a/	/b/	/tc/	/d/	/e/	/ɛ/	/f/	/ɡ/	/ɡ͡b/	/dɟ/	/i/	/ɪ/	/k/	/k͡p/	/l/	/m/	/n/	/ɲ/	/o/	/ɔ/	/p/	/r/	/s/	/t/	/u/	/ʊ/	/w/	/j/	/ʔ/

The nasal vowels are written with ‹ n › (‹ m › before ‹ p › and ‹ b ›) : ‹ an, en, ɛn, in, on, ɔn, un, ʊn ou ʋn, ɩn ›.

Phonology

Consonants of Abidji[4]

	Bilabial	Labio-dental	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Labial–velar	Glottal
Plosive	p b		t d		k ɡ	k͡p ɡ͡b	ʔ
Nasal	m		n	ɲ
Non-sibilant affricate				cç ɟʝ
Sibilant fricative			s
Non-sibilant fricative		f					h
Approximant				j		w
Trill			r
Lateral approximant			l

References

External links

• Abidji basic lexicon at the Global Lexicostatistical Database
• Listen to a sample of Abidji from Global Recordings Network
• World Atlas of Language Structures information on Abidji

На других языках

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[de] Abidschi

Die Sprache Abidschi (auch abiji oder abidji genannt); ISO 639-3: abi[1] ist eine der drei Kwa-Sprachen aus der Untergruppe der Agneby-Sprachen innerhalb der Gruppe der Nyo-Sprachen, die vom Volk der Abidschi im Departement Abidjan in der Elfenbeinküste gesprochen wird.

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- [en] Abidji language

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[fr] Abidji

L'abidji est une langue parlée au sud-est de la Côte d'Ivoire par le peuple du même nom. Elle appartient à la famille des langues kwa, sous-groupe lagunaire intérieur.

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[it] Lingua abidji

La lingua abidji (o abiji) è una lingua kwa, parlata da 50.500 persone in un'area molto ristretta della Costa d'Avorio, nei dipartimenti di Abidjan e Dabou.

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