Okpe phonology

The sound system is rather conservative, and nearly the same as that of Urhobo.

Vowels

The vowels system is the same, and somewhat reduced compared to proto-Edoid: there are seven vowels, /i e ɛ a ɔ o u/.

	Front	Central	Back
			unr.	rnd.
Close	i			u
Close-mid	e	ɵ		o
Open-mid	ɛ		ʌ	ɔ
Open	æ	a	ɑ	ɒ

Consonants

Of the consonants, only significant differences are the addition of /ɣʷ/ and of the distinction between l vs n and y vs ny: these alternate, depending on whether the following vowel is oral or nasal. /ɾ, ʋ, w/ also have nasal allophones before nasal vowels.

	Labial		Labio- dental		Alveolar		Palatal		Velar		Labio- velar		Glottal
Nasal		m		ɱ		n		ɲ		ŋ		ŋʷ
Plosive	p	b			t	d	c	ɟ	k	ɡ	k͡p	ɡ͡b	ʔ
Fricative	ɸ	β	f	v	s	z	ɕ	ʑ	x	ɣ	xʷ	ɣʷ	h
Trill		ʙ				r
Flap		ⱱ̟		ⱱ		ɾ		ʎ̆		ʟ̆		ʟ̆ʷ
Approximant				ʋ		l		j		ɰ		w

External links

• Okpe language (Southwestern Edo)