Epie language


Epie is a language spoken in Nigeria by the Epie-Atissa people.

Phonology

The language has a partially reduced system, compared to proto-Edoid, of eight vowels; these form two harmonic sets, and.
Epie has only one clearly phonemic nasal stop, ; alternates with, depending on whether the following vowel is oral or nasal. The inventory is:
LabialAlveolarPalatalVelarLabio-velar
Nasal
Implosive
Plosive
Fricative
Trill
Approximant