Avatime language

Avatime, gee kelum dɛna Afatime, Sideme, bii Sia, de la is a Kwa tɔgum n ze'ele Avatime puan na (a mɛŋa bɔŋa: *Kedone* (m.sg.)) nɛreba n ze'ele eastern Gaana. Avatime de la tiŋa n tari yizukãra ayopɔi la yizupigesi tuyopɔi Amedzofe, Vane, Gbadzeme, Dzokpe, Biakpa, Dzogbefeme, la Fume.

## Phonology
Avatime de la tonal tɔgum n tari kɔɔsi buuri buuri batã, gee kelum tara kɔdaasi daka (vowel harmony), gee mɛ kelum tara apirege-yesi kɔɔsi siyi (doubly articulated fricatives).

## Kɔdaasi (Vowels)
Avatime tari kɔdaasi siwaɛ, /i ɪ e ɛ a ɔ o ʊ u/, gee kɔdaasi siyi wa /ɪ ʊ/ puti'irɛ ka ba'am bɔna bini yesera tɔgum gulesegɔ puan. La kɔ'ɔm ka ba'am niɛ peelumi yesera /i e o u/ la /ɪ ɛ ɔ ʊ/ ba tɔka tɔka n boi se'em se'em gee la de la sɛla N boi zɛleŋa lɛbekire puan (laryngeal contraction), wuu la boi Gaana wa yetɔgum duma zo'e zo'e puan se'em la, bii kɔdaa n yi'iri zɔna saazuo (vowel height): wuu (phonetic parameters) n boi ba yima suŋera (analyses) duma basɛba n mɛ boi ba tɔka se'em.

Avatime tari kɔdaasi daka (vowel harmony).  Tile ta'am ni ka naɛ kɔdaasi wa /i e o u/ la kɔdasɛna /ɪ ɛ a ɔ ʊ/ yizuto wa, pɔsega kɔdaasi (prefixes) ta'am tee kɔdaasi la mɛ ti la dɛna bii tee dɛna (harmonize) naɛ la kɔdaasi tile la. Magese wuu, nɛresaala n de ayima pɔsega kɔa de la (human singular gender prefix) de la /ɔ ~ o/, ti nɛresaala n gãŋɛ bayi ye'esa ba'asegɔ kɔa (human plural) de la /a ~ e/: /o-ze/ "nayiga" "thief", /ɔ-ka/ "sɔ" "father"; /be-ze/ "nayigesi" "thieves", /ba-ka/ "sɔduma" "fathers"; kelum la pa'asɛ /o-bu/ "bee" gee /ɔ-bʊ/ "god".

Kɔdaasi ta'am dɛna gireka bii woko. Rurikord yelesi'a za'a beŋe 1910 yuuni la puan pa'alɛ ti kɔdaasi ta'am yi'ira do la nyɔa puan mɛ (nasalized), gee bala ta'am lile, gee kɔɔsi ba sɛba fii n de nyɔa puan ta'am ana bala mɛ san kana ba'asegɔ puan sa.

#### Kɔnya'asi (consonants)

Kɔa wa /ɸ/ de la kɔa ti ba pege Ewe tɔgum puan, wuu la de la /kʷ/, se'em ti fu wan ta'am nyɛ ti la bɔna la tɔka la kɔa kana wa /kw/ (ka de la kɔa sɛka ti kɔnya'aŋa ka nyaŋɛ doose ka poore) loanword wa puan /àkʷlɛ̄/ 'ureŋɔ' 'boat'.

Ba yeti tɔgum wa tari la "articulated fricatives" duma bayi n de /x͡ɸ ɣ͡β/. Le kelum pa'asɛ, ti la dɛna bala mɛŋa nuu bo Swedish [ɧ], de "labial articulation" dagi "fricated", gee bana za'a de la "labialized velars", /xʷ ɣʷ/. "Velar fricatives" duma ka ba'am tara paŋa, gee saŋa zo'e zo'e ba de la [h ɦ hʷ ɦʷ].

Affricates duma wa boi la yima [t͡s], [d͡z] la [t͡ʃ], [d͡ʒ], sɛba n ta'am dɛna tuusum tɔka tɔka.

### Phonotactics
Phonotactics

Kɔɔsi woo de la "syllables" V, CV, CGV, la N: Avatime bɔ'ɔrɛ (consonant-approximant clusters) yɔ'ɔ mɛ, zi'an ti "approximant" ta'am dɛna /l/, /w/, /j/. Tu mɛ kelum tara "syllabic nasal", sɛba n tari ba mɛŋa voole-duma "own tone": /kpāŋ̄/ "zo'e zo'e".

Kɔnya'aŋa woo ta'am tum gee /n/, /l/ mɛ ta'am naam "cluster" tara /l/: /ɔ̀kplɔ̄nɔ̀/ "table", /ɔ̀ɡblāɡɛ̄/ "snake", /káɣʷlɪ̀tsã̀/ "chameleon", /sɪ̄ŋʷlɛ̀sɛ̃̀/ "mucous". coronal consonant pooren, /l/ de la pronounced [r].

Kɔdaasi siyi san wa'ana naɛ taaba, la ta'am dɛna they are either separated by a glottal stop [ʔ] n yelese ba, fuse iŋɛ kiŋɛ kɔdaa kayima puan "single vowel", bii yia kɔdaa ni sigesi la tiŋa lebege "semivowel". Gɔgulegɔ puan, nɛŋa kɔdaasi sinaasi ni sirege lebege la [j] gee ti pooren kɔdaasi sitã mɛ ni sirege lebege [w], gee kɔkana wa /u/ de la nɛŋa-kɔa [ɥ].

Gee mɛ kelum pa'asɛ, kɔsesi n boi pa'asɛ de la /Cw/ la /Cj/ se'em doose ma'a ma'a "sequences" sɛba n ka ze'ele kɔdaasi ma'a ma'a la puan na. Kisena wa de la /fw/, /mw/, /fj/, /vj/, /βj/, /tj/, /dj/, /sj/, /zj/, /lj/, /ŋʷj/.