Ukue language


Ukue is an Edoid language of Ondo State, Nigeria. It is sometimes considered the same language as Ehuẹun.

Phonology

Ukue has a rather reduced system, compared to proto-Edoid, of seven vowels; these form two harmonic sets, and.
The language arguably has no phonemic nasal stops; alternate with, depending on whether the following vowel is oral or nasal. Unusually, it has fricatives but no sibilants. The inventory is:
LabialDentalAlveolarPalatalVelarLabio-velarGlottal
Plosive
Fricative
Rhotic*
Rhotic*
Approximant