Ikwerre language

 

Ikwerre (Iwhuruohna) bụ asụsụ ndị Ikwerre people, na asụ ndị bi na mpaghara obodo nọ na mba Rivers State, Nigeria.

Nhazi

Asụsụ Ikwerre bụ otu alaka ụlọ ọrụ Volta-Niger nke ezinụlọ asụsụ Niger-Congo. Dabere na lexicostatistical nyocha, Kay Williamson buru ụzọ kwuo na ndị Ikwere, Ekpeye, na Ogba, asụsụ bụ nke otu ụyọkọ asụsụ, ha abụghịkwa olumba. Mgbe Williamson na Roger Blench nwechara nyocha ndị ọzọ na nyocha ndị ọzọ, e kwubiri na asụsụ ndị yiri nke ahụ dị ka Ikwerre, Ogba, Igbo na Ekpeye na-etolite “ụyọkọ asụsụ” nakwa na ha dịtụ ntakịrị nghọta. "language cluster" na mutually intelligible.

Ụda

Udaume

Ikwerre na-amata ụdaume site n'ịdị mma (ihu na ịdị elu), ọnụnọ ma ọ bụ enweghị ya nasalization, na ọnụnọ ma ọ bụ enweghị nke advanced tongue root.

		Ịrụ	Azụ
High	+ATR	i ĩ	u ũ
	−ATR	ɪ ɪ̃	ʊ ʊ̃
Mid	+ATR	e ẽ	o õ
	−ATR	ɛ ɛ̃	ɔ ɔ̃
Low	−ATR	a ã

Enwekwara ụdaume */ə̃/ Nke a na-akọwapụta syllabic consonants imi n'akụkọ asụsụ nke na-ekwu na Ikwerre enweghị nkwụsị imi.. This sound is realized as [ɨ̃] or a syllabic nasal Aghọtara ụda a dị ka [ɨ̃] ma ọ bụ syllabic imi bụ

Ndakọrita Udaume

Ikwerre na-egosipụta ụdị abụọ ndakọrita Udaume vowel harmony:

1. Udaume ọ bụla dị n'okwu Ikwerre, ewezuga ole na ole, na-ekwenye na ụdaume ndị ọzọ n'okwu ahụ maka ọnụnọ ma ọ bụ enweghị mgbọrọgwụ ire dị elu. advanced tongue root.
2. Udaume nke otu ịdị elu n'ime mkpụrụokwu ndị dị n'akụkụ ga-abụrịrị nda n'ihu ma ọ bụ nda na azụ, i.e. the pairs /i/ & /u/, /ɪ/ & /ʊ/, /e/ & /o/, na /ɛ/ & /ɔ/ enweghị ike ime n'akụkụ mkpụrụokwu. Udaume nke dị elu dị iche iche, Otú ọ dị, ekwesighi ka ọ dabara na ihu/azụ. Nke a anaghị emetụta ụdaume mbụ na aha na-amalite na ụdaume ma ọ bụ na /ɾ/, ọ dịghị emetụtakwa okwu onomatopoeic okwu.

Mgbochiume

		Labial	Alveolar	Postalveolar or palatal	Velar		Glottal
					unrounded	rounded	unrounded	rounded
Plosive or Affricate	voiceless	p	t	tʃ	k	kʷ
	voiced	b	d	dʒ	ɡ	ɡʷ
Fricative	voiceless	f	s
	voiced	v	z
Non-plosive stop	plain	ḅ~m
	glottalized	ʼḅ~ʼm
Tap			ɾ~ɾ̃
Approximant			l~n	j~j̃	ɰ~ɰ̃	w~w̃	h~h̃	hʷ~h̃ʷ

Mgbochiume onu [ḅ ʼḅ l ɾ j ɰ w h hʷ] na abia tupu ụdaume ọnụ, na ụda imi ha [m ʼm n ɾ̃ ȷ̃ ɰ̃ w̃ h̃ h̃ʷ] tupu ụdaume imi. "Nkwụsị na-enweghị mgbawa" [ḅ ʼḅ] abụghị plosives (na-abụghị pulmonic) na ha dakọrọ na implosive n'ụdị Igbo ndị ọzọ. implosives

Mgbata ahụ /ɾ/ enwere ike ghọta mgbe ụfọdụ dịka ihe dị nso [ɹ].

Ụda

Ikwerre bụ asụsụ ụda tonal language eji uda asaa: uda elu, ụdaetiti, ụda ala, ụda elu-ala na ada, elu-etiti na uda, etiti-ala na-ada na-ebili. Ikwerre nwekwara tonal downdrift. Dị ka ihe atụ: rínya᷆ (high, mid-low falling) pụtara "ibu, arọ", rìnyâ (obere, elu-low falling) pụtara "nwanyị, nwunye", mụ̌ (rising) pụtara "ịmụ", mụ̂ (high-low falling) pụtara "ịmụ nwa", wdg.

References

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• Williamson, Kay (1970). Reading and writing Ikwerre. Ibadan: Institute of African Studies.

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