Akpes language

Akpes (Àbèsàbèsì) is a dialect cluster spoken in Nigeria that forms a branch of the Volta–Niger languages. Its dialects are Akunnu, Ase, Daja, Efifa, Esuku, Gedegede, Ikorom, Ibaram and Iyani. It may be closest to the Edoid languages.[2]

Akpes
Abesabesi
Native toNigeria
RegionOndo State
Native speakers
(10,000 cited 1992)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3ibe
Glottologakpe1248

The ASJP 4.0 classifies Akpes as most closely related to the Ukaan language.[3]

Distribution

According to Ethnologue, Akpes is spoken in:

Àbèsàbèsì is spoken in the 9 communities of Ìbaràm(ù), Ìyànì, Èkiròmì (Ìkáràm(ù), Àsẹ, Àkpès, Gèdègédé, Èṣùkù, Dája, and Ìlúdọtun.[4]

Varieties

Varieties of Àbèsàbèsì are:[4]

  • Èkiròmì (spoken in Ìkáràmù and Àsẹ̀)
  • Akpes (spoken in Àkùnù and Ìlúdọ̀tun in Àjọwá)
  • Ìluẹnì (spoken in Ìbaràm(ù), Ìyànì, Gèdègédé)
  • Èṣùkù (spoken in Èṣùkù, Dája)

Names and locations

Below is a list of language names, populations, and locations from Blench (2019).[5]

LanguageLocation(s)Alternate spellingsOwn name for languageEndonym(s)Other names (location-based)Other names for languageSpeakers
Akpes clusterOndo State, Akoko North LGA
AkpesOndo State, Akoko North LGA, Akunnu, and Ajowa townsAkpesAkunnu
AsẹOndo State, Akoko North LGA, Asẹ town
DajaOndo State, Akoko North LGA, Ajowa townDajaDaja5,000
EfifaOndo State, Akoko North LGA, Ajowa town
EsukuOndo State, Akoko North LGA, Ajowa townEchuku
GedegedeOndo State, Akoko North LGA, Gedegede town
IbaramOndo State, Akoko North LGA, Ibaram town
IkoromOndo State, Akoko North LGA, Ikaram townIkaramIkeram, Ikaramu5,000–8,000 (1986)
Iyani

See also

Further reading

  • Ibrahim-Arirabiyi, Femi 1989. A comparative reconstruction of Akpes lects. MA thesis, Department of Linguistics and Nigerian Languages, University of Port Harcourt.
  • Agoyi, Taiwo Ọpeyemi 1997. The category of number and the genetic classification of Èkiròmì. Seminar paper, University of Ilorin.
  • Ayoọla O.J. 1986. Aspects of the Phonology of Dája. BA long essay, University of Ilorin.
  • Raji, B.T. 1986. Aspects of the phonology of Ikaramu. BA long essay, University of Ilorin.

References

  1. Akpes at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Hammarström, Harald; Forke, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2020). "Akpes". Glottolog 4.3.
  3. Müller, André, Viveka Velupillai, Søren Wichmann, Cecil H. Brown, Eric W. Holman, Sebastian Sauppe, Pamela Brown, Harald Hammarström, Oleg Belyaev, Johann-Mattis List, Dik Bakker, Dmitri Egorov, Matthias Urban, Robert Mailhammer, Matthew S. Dryer, Evgenia Korovina, David Beck, Helen Geyer, Pattie Epps, Anthony Grant, and Pilar Valenzuela. 2013. ASJP World Language Trees of Lexical Similarity: Version 4 (October 2013).
  4. Agoyi, Taiwo Opeyemi. 2012. Re-classification of Abesabesi (Akpes) as Edoid. Towards Proto-Niger-Congo: Comparison and Reconstruction (International Congress), 18-21 September 2012, Paris.
  5. Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
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