Asụsụ Afenmai

Afenmai (Afemai), Yekhee, ma ọ bụ Iyekhe, bụ Asụsụ Edoid nke Ndị Afenmai na-asụ na Edo State, Nigeria. Ọ bụghị ndị niile na-asụ ya ghọtara aha Yekhee; ụfọdụ na-eji aha distrikti Etsako.

Na mbụ aha ọchịchị ndị Briten na-achị bụ Kukuruku, nke e chere na ọ gbasịrị mkpu "ku-ku-ruku", nke a na-ewere ugbu a ihe mkparị. 

Elimelech (1976) "A Tonal Grammar of Etsako", UCLA Working Papers in Phonetics 35  bụ ihe a na-adịghị ahụkebe n'ihi na a kọrọ na ọ nwere fricative na-enweghị olu dị ka "mgba" nke yiri "mgbapụta" nke a na-akpọ tap  (iji ya tụnyere [] 'hat' na [aɾi] 'louse' Laver (1994) Principles of Phonetics, p. 263.), ọ bụ ezie na ọ bụ nkọwa ndị ọzọ a kọwara ya dị ka fricative ma nyochaa ya dị ka "mmiri" nke "mgbaghara" nke na-enweghị ụda  .

Etsako, olumba nke Edo n'onwe ya, nwere olumba nke ya nke kewara agbasa n'asụsụ Iyekhe na Agbelọ, ebe a na-asụkarị olumba Iyekhe.

 Ọmụmụ ụdaolu 
Mkpụrụedemede bụ //. A na-enweta ụdaume ogologo na ọnụ ọgụgụ buru ibu nke diphthong n'asụsụ ahụ site na usoro ụdaume dị mkpirikpi, mgbe mgbe site na nhọrọ nke .

Afenmai nwere usoro mgbagwoju anya nke mgbanwe morphotonemic dabere na ụda ụda ụda abụọ, nke dị elu na nke dị ala. N'ọkwa elu enwere ụda ise pụrụ iche: elu, dị ala, ọdịda, ịrị elu na etiti. Ụda etiti bụ nsonaazụ mbelata nke ụda dị elu ka ụda dị ala gasịrị. Ụda contour (ọdịda na ịrị elu) na-eme na ụdaume ogologo ma ọ bụ diphthongs, site na usoro nke elu+ dị ala ma ọ bụ dị ala+ ma ọ bụ na ụdaume dị mkpụmkpụ nke a na-emepụta site na mkpirisi nke ụdaume dị ogologo ma ọ bụ diphthong. Ụda na-ebili bụ ihe a na adịghị ahụkebe, n'ihi na a na ejikarị elu, obere ma ọ bụ etiti dochie ha.

Ndị na-asụ asụsụ Ekpheli bụ:
BLLDDAvPANke aLVmː mn (ɲ) b pt (ː) dkː ɡːk͡pː k͡p ɡ͡bː ɡ͡bts dz (tʃ dʒ) f v (ː) θs (ʃ) x ɣAkụkọ banyere yaljwɾ
A na-enyocha ụdaume ndị a kara akara ogologo oge n'ụzọ dị iche iche, gụnyere 'tense' ma ọ bụ 'fortis' ma jikọta ya na 'lax' ma ọ bụrụ na ọ nweghị ihe ndabere phonological maka ịhazi ụdaume 'ogologo' a na-eche na ọ bụ maka ijikọ ha na ụdaume 'dị mkpirikpi'. Ihe doro anya bụ , nke dị okpukpu abụọ karịa /k͡b ɡ͡b m/ mana ọ bụghị ya, ha bụ otu na spectrogram.  bụkwa okpukpu abụọ karịa . Otú Elimelech (1976) "A Tonal Grammar of Etsako", UCLA Working Papers in Phonetics 35  dị, alveolar  dịtụ ogologo karịa ezé , ọ bụ ezie na  dị ogologo karịa , a ga-atụ anya ya maka fricative ma e jiri ya tụnyere ihe atụ.

The postalveolar consonants are allophones of the alveolars before  plus another vowel, where  would otherwise become , as in  'to be small'. It addition,  optionally becomes  before a single , as in  'pig' (). The other alveolar consonants do not have this variation, unless the triggering environment is provided within a prosodic word:  'crab' ( in citation form) >  'the king's crab' (). (The sounds transcribed with  may actually be closer to .)

Ewezuga , ụdaume ndị a na-apụta n'asụsụ Afenmai niile Elimelech nyochara (1976).  adịghị n'asụsụ Uzairue, a na-eji  dochie ya, ọ dịkwa ụkọ n'ọtụtụ asụsụ ndị ọzọ.  na-agbanwe agbanwe ka  na asụsụ Aviele na South Uneme. Elimelech (1976) "A Tonal Grammar of Etsako", UCLA Working Papers in Phonetics 35  na-agbadata na /ɹ́̊/ n'ọtụtụ olumba ndị ọzọ, dị ka na  'hat'.

 Orthography 
A B C CH D E Ẹ F G GB GH GW I J K KH KP KPH KW L M MH N NW NY O Ọ P R S SH T TH TS U V VH W Y Z.

 Okwu ndị e kwuru 
Okwu Etsako gụnyere:
EtsakoBekeeMoo!Ọ dị mmaAbee!/Lee!Hello (Olee otu o si?) O somi/O chiỌ dị mma.  (Azịza) Na ẹgbiaỤtụtụ Dị MmaỌ dịghị onye na-arụ ọrụ (Azịza) AgbelọỤtụtụ Dị MmaAgbe (Azịza) Ọ̀ Bụ Ya?O nwere olile anya na ị dị mma.EliEeỊ na-eme ihe na-eme?Ị na-ehi ụra nke ọma?KẹmiAnyị na-ekeleMoo ota / Oviẹna / TogiEzigbo ehihieMoo ogode / ObugalaEzigbo mgbedeO ki akọ / O kila akhuẹEzigbo abalị (ruo echi) Ma ọ bụ ki laỌ dị mmaO ki idegbeRuo mgbe e mesịrịLẹ khia / Guẹ khiaGaa nke ọma.R'ẹlo ku egbeKpachara anya.
Okwu Etsako a na-ahụkarị na-egosi ọdịiche dị n'etiti Iyekhe na Agbelo:
BekeeIyekheAgbeloAna m abịaM kwụsịrịM na-agba egwúEbee ka ị nọ?Obo ma ọ bụ ugbu a?Obo ma ọ bụ la?Ebee ka ị ga-aga?Obo ma ò ò?Obo ma ọ bụ ee?Gịnị ka ị chọrọ?Ọ̀ bụ gị?Ọ bụ n'oge a?Nke a bụ nwanne m nwokeỌ bụrụ na ị na-ebuga yaN'oge a na-adịghị anyaAgụụụụ na-agụ mOsami ọ bụ mmaliteOkiami ma ọ bụ AGbe

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