Akpes
Akpes is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Nigeria. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Akpes (Àbèsàbèsì) is an endangered language of Nigeria. It is spoken by approximately 7,000 speakers in the North of Ondo State. The language is surrounded by several other languages of the Akoko area, where Yoruba is the lingua franca. Yoruba replaces Akpes in more and more informal domains and thus forwards a gradual shift from Akpes towards Yoruba. Akpes is generally attributed to the Volta-Congo Branch of the Niger-Congo phylum.
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Words in Akpes
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | oni* | |
| name | imun* | |
| eye | ayo* | |
| ear | anSu* | |
| nose | ahu* | |
| tooth | i5u* | |
| tongue | inda* | |
| hand | obo* | |
| blood | ikon* | |
| bone | ohumo* | |
| skin | Ehwa* | |
| knee | ahunodu* | |
| breast | imboue* | |
| water | íɲí | |
| fire | inda* | |
| sun | Ewu* | |
| star | inCiCi* | |
| stone | i!nSa* | |
| mountain | oSu* | |
| tree | ohu* | |
| leaf | anfa* | |
| night | inSu* | |
| dog | ebo* | |
| fish | EtEn* | |
| one | aCi* | |
| two | idian* | |
| I | oni* | |
| you | osi* | |
| we | abes* | |
| drink | wo* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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