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 to | Nigeria |
| Region | Ondo State |
Native speakers | (10,000 cited 1992)[1] |
Niger–Congo
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | ibe |
| Glottolog | akpe1248 |
The ASJP 4.0 classifies Akpes as most closely related to the Ukaan language.[3]
Distribution
According to Ethnologue, Akpes is spoken in:
- Ekiti state
- Ondo state: Akoko North East and Akoko North West LGAs
- Kogi state: Ijumu LGA
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]
| Language | Location(s) | Alternate spellings | Own name for language | Endonym(s) | Other names (location-based) | Other names for language | Speakers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Akpes cluster | Ondo State, Akoko North LGA | ||||||
| Akpes | Ondo State, Akoko North LGA, Akunnu, and Ajowa towns | Akpes | Akunnu | ||||
| Asẹ | Ondo State, Akoko North LGA, Asẹ town | ||||||
| Daja | Ondo State, Akoko North LGA, Ajowa town | Daja | Daja | 5,000 | |||
| Efifa | Ondo State, Akoko North LGA, Ajowa town | ||||||
| Esuku | Ondo State, Akoko North LGA, Ajowa town | Echuku | |||||
| Gedegede | Ondo State, Akoko North LGA, Gedegede town | ||||||
| Ibaram | Ondo State, Akoko North LGA, Ibaram town | ||||||
| Ikorom | Ondo State, Akoko North LGA, Ikaram town | Ikaram | Ikeram, Ikaramu | 5,000–8,000 (1986) | |||
| Iyani |
See also
- Akpes word lists (Wiktionary)
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
- Akpes at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- Hammarström, Harald; Forke, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2020). "Akpes". Glottolog 4.3.
- 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).
- 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.
- Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
- Blench, Roger. 2011. Comparative Akpes.
External links
- Abesabesi language blog
- Collection Àbèsàbèsì - ELAR, SOAS, University of London
- Abesabesi language documentation and maintenance
- Akpes basic lexicon at the Global Lexicostatistical Database
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