Attié
Native toIvory Coast
EthnicityAttie people
Native speakers
642,000 (2017)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3ati
Glottologatti1239

Attié (Akie, Akye, Atche, Atie, Atshe) is a language of uncertain classification within the Kwa branch of the Niger–Congo family. It is spoken by perhaps half a million people in Ivory Coast.

Writing system

Attié Alphabet[2]
aanbcd dzheëënɛ
ɛnfggbh iinjkkp
lmnoö ɔɔnprs
shttstshu unvwyz

A vowel followed by <n> indicates nasalisation.

Tones are indicated with a diacritic before or after the syllable :

Tone notation[3]
ToneSignWritingExampleTranslation
Lowhyphen before syllable˗˗kathing
Midnothingwuacheke
Highapostropheʼ’mimouth
Very highdouble apostropheˮˮvinchildren
Fallinghyphen after syllable˗be˗pestle

References

Works cited

  • Hood, Elizabeth; Kouachi, Acho Jacob; Lojenga, Constance Kutsch (1984). Attié, dialecte naindin. Abidjan: Les Nouvelles éditions africaines. ISBN 978-2-7236-0680-6.


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