Apro language

Apro
Apro
Aproumu
Native to	Ivory Coast
Ethnicity	Aizi (Aproin)
Native speakers	(6,500 cited 1999)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Volta–Congo unclassified Apro; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	ahp
Glottolog	apro1235

Apro, also known as Aproumu, is a language spoken by the Aizi people of Ébrié Lagoon in Ivory Coast. Once assumed to be a Kru language like the other two Aizi languages, subsequent investigation concluded it was Kwa^[2]^[3] and then that it was unclassified within Volta–Congo^[4]

Phonology

Consonants

The consonants of the Aproumu language are located in the chart below.^[5]

		Bilabial		Labiodental		Alveolar		Post- alveolar		Palatal		Labial–velar		Velar
Nasal			m				n			ɲ					ŋ
Plosive		p	b			t	d			c	ɟ	k͡p	ɡ͡b	k	g
Implosive			ɓ
Fricative				f	v	s	z	ʃ	ʒ
Approximant	Median										j	w
Approximant	Lateral						l

Vowels

	Front	Near-front	Back
Close	i		u, ɯ̞
Near-close		ɪ
Close-mid	e		o
Open-mid	ɛ		ʌ
Open	a

References

↑ Apro at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
↑ Douglas Boone, Silué Lamine, MaryAnne Augustin. "L'Utilisation du Français et de l'Adoukrou par les Aizi" (2002, Société Internationale de Linguistique, Côte d’Ivoire) online
↑ Ettien Koffi. Paradigm Shift in Language Planning and Policy: Game-Theoretic Solutions (2012, De Gruyter, pg. 152)
↑ Ahaté 2018
↑ "Phoible".

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[e18-1] Apro at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[2] Douglas Boone, Silué Lamine, MaryAnne Augustin. "L'Utilisation du Français et de l'Adoukrou par les Aizi" (2002, Société Internationale de Linguistique, Côte d’Ivoire) online

[3] Ettien Koffi. Paradigm Shift in Language Planning and Policy: Game-Theoretic Solutions (2012, De Gruyter, pg. 152)

[4] Ahaté 2018

[5] "Phoible".

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