Epie language
Epie is part of Delta Edoid languages spoken in Nigeria by the Epie–Atissa people.
Phonology
The language has a partially reduced system, compared to proto-Edoid, of eight vowels; these form two harmonic sets, and.Epie has only one clearly phonemic nasal stop, ; alternates with, depending on whether the following vowel is oral or nasal. The inventory is:
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Labio-velar | |
| Nasal | |||||
| Implosive | |||||
| Plosive | |||||
| Fricative | |||||
| Trill | |||||
| Approximant |