Language name: |
ISOKO |
UPSID number: |
4147 |
Alternate name(s): |
|
Classification: |
Niger-Kordofanian, Kwa |
This language has |
37 segments |
Its Frequency index is |
0.366333074 (average percentage of segments; 0.1: many very rare segments; 0.39: average; 0.7: many common segments) |
The language has these sounds: |
p
tD
t
k
b
dD
d
g
gb
p<
f
h
v
gF
gFW
vh
s
z
m
nD
n
NW
r[
r
l
BA
rA
j
i
I
e
E
a
O
o
U
u
|
Comment: |
Uzere dialect. Isoko is spoken around the town of Oleh in Bendel State, Nigeria. Isoko has two level tones; final L is raised in affirmative declaratives. The vowels /i,e,o,u/ belong to one harmony set (+ATR) in opposition to the remainder. A word must have vowels from one set or the other, except that /a/ may appear in prefixes before [+ATR] vowels. Clusters with the flap occur, including h + flap r which has been interpreted as a voiceless flap by others. Breathy voiced 'v' is tending to lose its distinctive phonation and merge with /v/. |
Source(s): |
Donwa, S.O. 1982. The Sound System of Isoko. PhD Thesis, University of Ibadan. |