Attié language

Attié is a language of uncertain classification within the Kwa branch of the Niger–Congo family. It is spoken by perhaps half a million people in Ivory Coast.

Phonology

/z/ may also be heard as an affricate in free variation among speakers.
/l/ may also be heard as when following consonants.
Nasal sounds only occur as a result of sounds /l, j, w/ occurring in nasal positions when preceding or following nasal vowels.
/h/ in nasal positions occurs as .
/w/ may be realized as labio-palatal when occurring after palatal sounds /t͡ʃ, d͡ʒ, ɟ/.

Sounds /ɨ, ə/ are phonetically heard as or .

A vowel followed by indicates nasalisation.
Tones are indicated with a diacritic before or after the syllable :