Kposo language

Kposo
Kposo
People	Akpɔsɔ
Language	Ikpɔsɔ

Kposo
Kposo
Ikpɔsɔ
Native to	Togo, Ghana
Region	Volta Region
Ethnicity	Kposo
Native speakers	160,000 (2002)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Kwa Ka-Togo Kposo–Ahlo Kposo; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	kpo
Glottolog	ikpo1238

Kposo language, or Ikposo (Ikpɔsɔ), is the language of the Akposso people, mainly in the Plateau Region of Togo, west of Atakpamé, but also into eastern Ghana. It is considered one of the Ghana–Togo Mountain languages, but does not have the system of noun classes that is characteristic of other languages in the group.^[2]

Phonology

Consonants

		Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Labiovelar	Glottal
Nasal		m	n	ɲ	ŋ
Plosive/ Affricate	voiceless	p	t	t͡ʃ	k	k͡p
Plosive/ Affricate	voiced	b	d	d͡ʒ	ɡ	ɡ͡b
Fricative	voiceless	f	s				h
Fricative	voiced	v	z		(ɣ)
Approximant		ɥ		j	ɰ	w
Lateral			l
Trill			r

/ɰ/ may also be heard as a fricative [ɣ] sound in free variation.^[3]

Vowels

	Front		Central		Back
	+ATR	-ATR	+ATR	-ATR	+ATR	-ATR
High	i	ɪ			u	ʊ
Non-high	e	ɛ	ə	a	o	ɔ

References

^ Kposo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ M.E.Kropp Dakubu, The Languages of Ghana, Kegan Paul International, 1988.
^ Soubrier, Aude (2013). L'Ikposso Uwi: Phonologie, Grammaire, Textes, Lexique. Lyon: Université.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link)

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

[2] M.E.Kropp Dakubu, The Languages of Ghana, Kegan Paul International, 1988.

[3] Soubrier, Aude (2013). L'Ikposso Uwi: Phonologie, Grammaire, Textes, Lexique. Lyon: Université.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link)

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